“Definitions: A “juror pool” (or “venire”) is a group of persons selected at random and summoned for prospective jury service. [See CCP § 194(e)] From this pool, a “trial jury panel” is selected at random and assigned to a particular courtroom for purposes of voir dire examination. [See CCP § 194(q)] After voir dire and challenges, the jurors selected and sworn to try and determine the facts of the case constitute the “trial jury.” [See CCP § 194(p)]”
“Right to Impartial Jury (“Representative Cross-Section of Community” Requirement): The right to jury trial guaranteed by the California Constitution (Art. I, § 16) includes the right to a jury “drawn from a representative cross-section of the community.” [Williams v. Sup.Ct. (People) (1989) 49 C3d 736, 740, 263 CR 503, 505 (emphasis added)]. The same result is mandated by statute: “No eligible person shall be exempt from service as a trial juror by reason of occupation, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, economic status or sexual orientation, or for any other reason. No person shall be excused from service as a trial juror except as specified in subdivision (b) [relating to undue hardship].” [CCP § 204(a) (emphasis added)]. Nature of requirement: The California Constitution imposes a demographic requirement affecting composition of the jury pool. It guarantees “that the pools from which juries are drawn do not systematically exclude distinctive groups in the community.” [People v. Anderson (2001) 25 C4th 543, 566, 106 CR2d 575, 594].”
[California Practice Guide Civil Trials & Evidence [certain citations omitted]]
