(1) Capital Case. Each side has 20 peremptory challenges when the government seeks the death penalty.(2) Other Felony Case. The government has 6 peremptory challenges and the defendant or defendants jointly have 10 peremptory challenges when the defendant is charged with a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year.
(3) Misdemeanor Case. Each side has 3 peremptory challenges when the defendant is charged with a crime punishable by fine, imprisonment of one year or less, or both.
Thanks. Is there no limit to the size of a jury pool? Wouldn’t 10 challenges in a pool of 200 would be very different from 10 challenges in a pool of 30? And if the region from which the pool is selected is overwhelmingly opposed to people like the defendant, that would hardly be fair. I can’t find any reports that the defense asked for a change of venue.