VIRGIN ISLANDS RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Rule 24. Trial Jurors

• Jurisdiction: United States

Rule 24. Trial Jurors

(a) Examination.

(1) In General. The court may examine prospective jurors or may permit the attorneys for the parties to do so.
(2) Court Examination. If the court examines the jurors, it must permit the attorneys for the parties to:

(A) ask further questions that the court considers proper; or
(B) submit further questions that the court may ask if it considers them proper.

(b) Peremptory Challenges.

(1) Number of Peremptory Challenges. As provided in 5 V.I.C. § 3603, each side is entitled to the number of peremptory challenges to prospective jurors specified below. The court may allow additional peremptory challenges to multiple defendants, and may allow the defendants to exercise those challenges separately or jointly.

(A) Felony Cases. 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

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