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| Little ray of sunshine  |
I was called for jury duty, and much to my surprise, selected to sit on the jury. As a middle-class white guy and as a lawyer I am not high on almost any other lawyer's list of favored jurors. This was for a traffic ticket issued after a minor accident. In Texas, we jealously guard our right to a jury trial in any criminal matter, no matter how small, and this guy wanted his jury trial. The details are not important, but the state didn't prove its case. In fact, I don't think he was guilty, never mind the high burden the state could not meet. We found him not guilty. As usual for me, watching any court proceeding is interesting, and seeing from inside the jury box is even more interesting. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | ||
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very surprised you got selected what questions were you asked during selection? --------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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Having 2 in-laws in LE (county & federal COs at jails in 2 states) it's had me dismissed a couple times during selection. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| Leatherneck |
I got selected a few years ago for a armed robbery case and it was really fun. Of course as a lawyer you are familiar with trials but I really enjoyed watching the process. We sent the guy to jail for life (which I know doesn’t always mean life). The state didn’t prove every charge but enough of them that he will be in jail for a while at least. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine |
Both counsel focused on the burden of proof, and whether the the veniremen would hold the state to its burden. They also wanted to be sure that the state trooper's testimony wouldn't be given undue weight, merely by virtue of his status as a policeman. It was a very simple voir dire, as you would expect. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
Good job. When I was younger I was called to jury duty 4 times in Dallas County. I was rejected 3 times during Voir Dire (which I insist should be pronounce "Vwar Deeruh" and not "Vore Dyer") because my Best Friend is a LEO and I had several other LEO friends. The one trial I was allowed to sit for was a custody case where a drug addict father wanted to take custody of his baby daughter back from her foster parents. I won't go into details, but we decided against the father. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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I'm guessing you didn't wear your favorite Clint Eastwood T-shirt for jury selection.  | |||
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For real? |
Last time I was on jury duty, I was sure the guy before me (criminal defense attorney), me (cop) and the guy after me (cop) were all going to get skipped for a rape trial. Nope, we were all selected. Not minority enough! | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
I have a neighbor who has served on three jury’s in the last 15 years or so. I have lived in the same house for over 22 years and have never been called for jury duty.. What’s up with that? ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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Got called one time many years ago... was for some big murder trial... after sitting through the long roll call and introduction I had to go see the judge and tell him that I got caught growing some pot back in 1978 while in college... he threw me out. My Native American Name: "Runs with Scissors" | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
I have been summoned but not selected. One case was a contract dispute, and I was struggling to stay awake just during the presentation to the potential jurors! Are jurors cited for contempt if they fall asleep? Good on ya' for serving. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
It's interesting that the prosecution thought they had a case they could win. | |||
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I have a neighbor who has served on three jury’s in the last 15 years or so. I have lived in the same house for over 22 years and have never been called for jury duty.. What’s up with that? ___________- Hard to tell. My wife has been called several times, but not me. In some states they pull the names from drivers license records,in others it is whether they are registered to vote. | |||
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delicately calloused |
It's okay to admit you were on the take. Amazing what a cheeseburger and a coke will buy these days....  You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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Nah. It was hookers and blow. We all know that. | |||
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Age Quod Agis |
I was chosen for a jury in Ft. Lauderdale back in 2008. I couldn't believe it either. Criminal case, black defendant 19 y.o., criminal assault, and evading police. I am: A middle aged white guy. A registered republican. A veteran. A lawyer. A former prosecutor. A (non-violent) crime victim. I have two cousins who are cops in New York City. In Ft. Lauderdale, you are either a raging liberal, or a burn-them-at-the-stake conservative. You may assume which one I am. They still picked me. We fried that kid, and so did the judge at sentencing. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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Hop head  |
I had to pull Fed Jury Duty one year, got called up for a Project Exile trial (did not know that till I got there) I had had local county jury duty before, so I knew I would have to sit around a wait a lot, so I took a book, magazine, and that day's newspaper, the book was High Power Rifle by Tubbs, the Magazine was American Handgunner, needless to say, I got thru the paper, got thru the mag, and was dismissed before I could get to the book https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
I've only been called twice. I was not selected either time. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Flying Sergeant |
Very cool, way to go. I’ve always wondered how jurors were picked, what the lawyers were looking for. Thanks for the post. | |||
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I have jury duty next month. I have been called a few times in the past, but always said the right things so that I wasn't selected. I never felt that I could afford to miss work. Since I am now retired, I am actually interested in doing it this time around. I think it would be interesting. My job connections to law enforcement are gone, so I hope I do get selected. | |||
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