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Regardless of the court schedule, 1,690 people are called for jury duty each week in San Luis Obispo County, said Nikki Rodriguez, head of jury services at San Luis Obispo Superior Court.
I've never shied away from civic duty. I vote, I pay my taxes, I report crimes when I see them and I answer the call for jury duty when it comes ― even when it is unpleasant or inconvenient.
A change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location. In high-profile matters, a change of venue may occur to move a jury trial away from a location where a fair and impartial jury may not be possible due to widespread publicity about a crime and its defendants to another community in order to obtain jurors who can be more objective in their duties.
He said if a reasonable excuse is given, a person can be excused from jury duty. Talarico said jury duty is an important constitutional right and that a small number of people are ever called to ...
Jury selection is the selection of the people who will serve on a jury during a jury trial. The group of potential jurors (the "jury pool,” also known as the venire) is first selected from among the community using a reasonably random method. Jury lists are compiled from voter registrations and driver license or ID renewals.
Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding. Different countries have different approaches to juries: [ 1 ] variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge , but without legal ...
A reader asked How To California: “Is there an old age limit to serve jury duty?” ...
The Act makes it an offence for jurors to ‘research the case during the trial period’, to ‘disclose [improper] information to another member of the jury during the trial period’, and to engage in ‘conduct from which it may reasonably be concluded that the [juror] intends to try the issue otherwise than on the basis of the evidence ...