1.14.120 Challenge for Cause

A challenge for cause may be made by the Tribal Prosecutor or by the defendant or his counsel, and must specify the facts constituting the causes thereof. It may be made for any of the following causes:

(a) a previous conviction of a felony;

(b) a lack of any of the qualifications set out in Section 2.09.030 (Qualification of Jurors) of the Civil Procedure;

(c) unsoundness of mind, or such defects in the faculties of the mind or the organs of the body as to render him incapable of performing the duties of a juror;

(d) having served as a juror in a civil or criminal action brought against the defendant for the act charged as an offense;

(e) being a party adverse to the defendant in a civil action, or having complained against or been accused by him in a criminal action;

(f) having formed or expressed such an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant as would prevent him from rendering a fair verdict upon the evidence submitted at the trial;

(g) having served in the Tribal Court as a juror during the last month;

(h) standing in the relation of guardian and ward, attorney or client, master and servant employee, employer or landlord and tenant; or being a member of the family, or a relative of the first or second degree of the defendant, or of the person alleged to be injured by the offense charged, or on whose complaint, or at whose instance the prosecution was instituted, or in his employ for wages.

Failure to challenge for cause shall constitute a waiver of the basis for challenge.