at the right time. Wet weather can arrive at any time and frustrate all attempts to plant those final acres or harvest the last few fields. Consequently, even one day lost to jury duty may mean a setback of several days or even weeks in accomplishing these tasks. Under these unique circumstances, we find ample basis for finding a special hardship to farmers in serving on a jury during planting or harvesting season. Accordingly, their exclusion from jury service during these periods is justified and does not violate the fair-cross-section requirement of the Sixth Amendment. TV. Statutory Claim. Chidester claims the venire was illegally drawn because the procedure used in Webster County was contrary to Iowa Code section 607A.6, which provides, in part, that “[t]he court may 328 (1997) (<HOLDING>); State v. Coble, 100 Wis.2d 179, 301 N.W.2d
holding statute stating that judge could excuse jurors was violated when jury commissioners excused jurors holding statute allowing court to excuse jurors from jury duty and defining court as a judge was violated when clerk excused jurors without obtaining court approval of the excuses granted holding that double jeopardy barred the second prosecution when one of the jurors in the first trial became disabled and the trial court declared a mistrial instead of proceeding with eleven jurors holding that trial court abused its discretion in failing to make a proper inquiry of jurors andor failing to strike jurors for cause after jurors explicitly expressed bias holding statute empowering judge to excuse potential jurors was violated by board of supervisors action in exempting persons residing in a certain geographical area of district from serving on jury trial held in another part of district