ND · rules
N.D. R. Crim. P. 23.1
Jury Expenses
Jury expenses may not be assessed in a criminal case unless, without justifiable or reasonable excuse, a defendant fails to appear for a jury trial.
History
Rule 23.1 was amended, effective March 1, 2006; March 1, 2017. This rule is intended to assure a defendant in a criminal case that the assessment of jury expense need not be a factor in deciding whether a trial by jury should be demanded. The assessment of jury expense in a criminal case may tend to "chill" the constitutional right to a jury trial. Rule 23.1 was amended, effective March 1, 2006, in response to the December 1, 2002, revision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. Rule 23.1 was amended, effective March 1, 2017, to allow assessment of jury expenses when, without justifiable or reasonable excuse, a defendant fails to appear for a jury trial. SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of September 24-25, 2015, page 21; January 27-28, 2005, page 19; March 16-17, 1978, page 16.
Provenance
- Source
- www.ndcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-15
- Content hash
138a21f10c428bf51068dcf1667d6763a3eb813a1ec3dcfed3c17a2dae3db4fd
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.