The bailiff shall reserve seating in the courtroom to accommodate the panel and keep the jurors together.
The court clerk will draw, at random, twelve names from the panel of prospective jurors. Each prospective juror will be assigned a seat in the jury box in the order in which their names were drawn. The clerk will continue to draw names from the panel to replace any juror excused from the original twelve prospective jurors drawn.
When the court clerk calls the jurors forward to take their seats in the jury box, the bailiff shall stand at the gate separating the spectator area from the trial area so that the bailiff may be of assistance to the prospective jurors by directing them to the proper seat; however the security of the in-custody defendant(s) shall not be compromised. Jurors should leave bulky items, books and magazines with the bailiff while in the jury box.