Common use of PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES Clause in Contracts

PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES. If the offense charged is punishable by death, each side is enti- tled to 20 peremptory challenges. If the offense charged is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year, the government is entitled to 6 peremptory challenges and the defendant or de- fendants jointly to 10 peremptory challenges. If the offense charged is punishable by imprison- ment for not more than one year or by fine or both, each side is entitled to 3 peremptory chal- lenges. If there is more than one defendant, the court may allow the defendants additional pe- remptory challenges and permit them to be ex- ercised separately or jointly.