
Supreme Court of Missouri
en banc
December 20, 2002
Effective January 1, 2003
Effective January 1, 2003
In re:
Correction of order of January 28, 2002, adopting subdivision 27.09 of Rule 27.
ORDER
1. By order of January 28, 2002, this Court adopted a new subdivision 27.09 of Rule 27. The order is included in volume 67 - 69 South Western Reporter, Third, Missouri Cases series, beginning at page XVII. The Court hereby corrects the order so that subdivision 27.09 shall read as follows:
- 27.09 JURY RECORDS
(a) Jury lists maintained by the court in criminal cases shall be presumptively open to the public. The court, upon its own motion or upon motion by any interested person, may order such list closed upon the entry of written findings of specific facts supporting the existence of a compelling reason why the list should be closed.
(b) Jury questionnaires maintained by the court in criminal cases shall not be accessible except to the court and the parties. Upon conclusion of the trial, the questionnaires shall be retained under seal by the court except as required to create the record on appeal or for post-conviction litigation. Information so collected is confidential and shall not be disclosed except on application to the trial court and a showing of good cause.
(c) Any person aggrieved by any order under this Rule 27.09, including interested members of the public, may apply to the court entering the order for reconsideration of the order.
3. It is ordered that this order be published in the South Western Reporter.
4. That portion of this Court's January 28, 2002, order relating to subdivision 27.09 of Rule 27 is hereby vacated.
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STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR.
Chief Justice