Opinion letter to the Honorable Charles D. Trigg

January 4, 1963 Honorable Oberle& D. ifr1U Co~tt>trolle,_. an4 BuCJCet Director State C&pltpl Bulldtng Jet"feraoa C1t¥, 1Uaaour1 IJe8r .,_., Tr1ga Opinion No . 140 answer ed by letter (Nessenfeld) !Lc. 7 (/9 { 5) You bave Mde J.DquirJ concernlns 'be amount payable to jurol'a-. lnolo-.4 la oopJ ot opinion dated January 4 , 1963, to Ron. •ol'W&n lndas-aon, 1d'lich rulea tile queat1on ot the llabiltt.r at tbe atate with re-.pect to ~ teea and the uo\1Dta pQablt. 0\ar concl\la!ona J.n th1a opinion are ae tollowlt · 1) the &tate .t• not liable tor .an, Jurr r... 1n or 1m' nttl ca"a excot onl7 auch Jur.r £eea &8 are taxable •• coata p~ auant to expreaa atatutorr au~hor1&at1on 1n thoM ~Ma 1n Wb1oh the State 1a Uable tor co·ata. 2) lliJibe:ra ot the regUlar panel ot Juror• recelYe •u dollar• per dat tor each 4aT or -.rv1oe • and a1leqe, pqable out ot the county tre&IIUI'J. Jo part or auch eOIIIPenaatton _, be tase4 •• part o~ the coata. 3) 1\Jro.ra not on the Nplar panel who Ml"Ye 1n a particulu oaM receive •tx 4olJ.ar• per 4a7 tor .. oh da7 ot Mtt¥1oe aa jurora, and lld.le&ae·; alae> ,.,able out ot the countr tre&•\117~ lo part ot ncb oa.penMt1on mq be taud &I put o~ the ooate. 4) lurora who are NIIIOnecl 1n aD7 ot the eaaea deeor1bed 1n Sectlon ~94.120, but Honorable Charles D. Tria - 2 - vho 4o not serve in the trial ot auch oaaea, receive alx dollars per dQ' tor eaCh dar they are 1n attendance on the court, and aleo receive llile- age it they bave traveled at leaat one mile in obediena.e to the SUIIIDone, payable out ot the county treaaur,r. Mo part o~ euch coaapenaat1on III&J' be taxed a• coata. 5) lurora, not Mlllbera or the regular panel, who are INIIIDOned 1D all caaea other than tboae 4e•cr1be4 1n Section 494.120 but do not ael"Ve 1n the trial ot the caaea, rece1 ve tee a 1n the aum ot three dollars per da7 tor each 4q ot attendance. t'he tee a allowed to aueh jurora are to be taxed as part ot the coat-a 1n the caaea 1n which such jurors were SUIDOned. You w1.11 note that 1n the onl.J' aituationa 1n which JU%7 teea lll&f be taxed u ooata and tor 'Which the State could be liable { tho•• tee a c011l1n& Within the pr:cv1a1ona ot Section 494.170 IIIlo 1959), we bave not 1nclu4e4 .Ueage. Ill our op1n1on, Secti.on .\94.170 JD&7 not be construed to allow mile- age to jurors who are suammed and attend co~t but who 4o not aerve 1n the trial. In State v. Vill1••• 92 Jlo.lpp. "3• the Court conatrue4 the predecessor of licti1o~494.170 which at that time, in the aituat1ona ~ere it waa ~11cable, allowed a per diem tor each juror attending a trial. 'l'he Court held that unleea the juror actu&lly atiteiidi'd a trial, there w.a no warrant 1n law tor- taxtna hie fee a aa ooata. In 1911 th1a atatute, 1naotar a a 1t pertained to the per 41•, waa amended ao that such 3\llT teea are pQ"able 11' the juror 1a aWDOned and attend a court. However, the prov1a1on 1n euch etatute which relates to ii11eage baa re· ma1ned unchanged except with respect to the amount allowed. !bat statute still pe~ta mileage on17 tor each mile traveled "in attend~ ~trial," Ina8111Ucb as such :urora do not att~nd a tr!il, buallijJ.7 attend court, 1t would tollow, under the ruling 1n ~he VUlialla oaae, that lllilease ~not be allowed or taxed aa coats. Vi note that Section 494.120 RSIIo 1959, which ia tlle onl'f other section allowing compensation (in certain ei tuat1ona} to jurors not on the regular panel Who attend couztt Honorable Charlea D. 'bi.gg - 3 - but cto not aene 1n the trial, .Ueage is expreaaly allowed (but onl.7 1t the Juror has traveled at least one JD11e) tor atten4tng CMt· Jr1or opiniona o~ thia of'1"1ce; 1ncon81atent wtth the conclusion• heretn aet ~orth. have been withdrawn and ahould no longe be followed. Bncloaure motiAS P. BACix.a'OB jt:torne7 General