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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.
The list isn’t finalized until candidates are certified and the sample ballots are being assembled, said Nueces County Clerk Kara Sands. Election Day for the primaries is March 5.
A deferred adjudication, also known in some jurisdictions as an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACOD), probation before judgment (PBJ), or deferred entry of judgment (DEJ), is a form of plea deal available in various jurisdictions, where a defendant pleads "guilty" or "no contest" to criminal charges in exchange for meeting certain requirements laid out by the court within an ...
Jury instructions, also known as charges or directions, are a set of legal guidelines given by a judge to a jury in a court of law. They are an important procedural step in a trial by jury , and as such are a cornerstone of criminal process in many common law countries .
Nueces County Clerk Kara Sands said that while Nueces County voters tend to participate in advance voting, a large turnout is expected at popular voting spots on Nov. 5. Here’s a look at the ...
Nueces County ESD #4 (Meeting Room), 5781 Farm-to-Market Road 666, Robstown. Ortiz Intermediate School, 208 E. Ave. H., Robstown. Oveal Williams Senior Center, 1414 Martin Luther King Drive.
The North Carolina jury selection policies govern a process used to find a panel of jurors who will be fair and impartial to both sides during a trial. [1] North Carolina jury selection policies are documented in the North Carolina General Statutes § 9-1 through 9-9. [2] These policies were originally passed in 1967, and they were revised in ...
A Nueces County grand jury did not indict Dr. Adel Shaker, the former chief medical examiner, on criminal charges filed against him two years ago.