Jury duty - wish me luck!

[Newstar]

Ugh! I have jury duty tomorrow and I'm really dreading it now that I read the fine print on the summons.

Jury Type: Special Civil Trial Approximately 4 weeks

I'm a sales person working on commission. This is my busy season and I can't afford to miss 4 weeks of work. Not to mention a huge project I'm wrapped up in.

No cell phone, no laptop...I'll be completely out of touch and I'm wigging out already. I'm praying it gets settled or I don't get picked.

Tracy

[DarrylRi]

Not to worry. No defense atty would want you on the panel. Likely the judge will let you go before it even gets to that.

[SNC1923]

Wear a tinfoil hat and urinate on yourself as you walk into the courtroom.

That always works for me.

[MTSweger]

Ugh! I have jury duty tomorrow and I'm really dreading it...{snip}
...I'll be completely out of touch and I'm wigging out already. I'm praying it gets settled or I don't get picked.

Well, Newstar, you could always take George Carlin's advice: :gerg

To get out of jury duty, you don't have to lie. Just tell the judge, "I would make a perfect juror because I can spot a guilty person just like THAT!"
:doh

[JCabranes]

When the Judge and the lawyers start to ask questions... DO NOT be shy and quiet. NOTHING makes an attorney picking a jury more nervous than someone who is assertive and willing to express his opinion. At that point you become a potential foreperson and if you aren't struck for cause you will most likely be targeted by one side or the other for a peremptive challenge. Remember that one side's perfect juror is the other's nightmare.

Oh, btw, that tin foil hat and urine thing works too.

[wsteinborn]

"And how would the guilty party like to plead?"

or

"I believe in a fair trial followed with a first-clas hangin'"

And *boom* you are outta there........

[SHawn_P]

When the Judge and the lawyers start to ask questions... DO NOT be shy and quiet. NOTHING makes an attorney picking a jury more nervous than someone who is assertive and willing to express his opinion. At that point you become a potential foreperson and if you aren't struck for cause you will most likely be targeted by one side or the other for a peremptive challenge. Remember that one side's perfect juror is the other's nightmare.

I never intentionally set out to get out of jury duty, but the above somehow has kept me from being selected 5 of 6 times...

The other thing that may help, but you won't know until you go in the court room, is if your profession somehow relates to the case - for example, I work for an oil company and was called for a case where someone was injured on an oil lease (not our lease) - I didn't make it past the "Who do you work for?" question...

I must admit the TinFoil sounds interesting ... :)

[tessler]

When the Judge and the lawyers start to ask questions... DO NOT be shy and quiet. NOTHING makes an attorney picking a jury more nervous than someone who is assertive and willing to express his opinion. At that point you become a potential foreperson and if you aren't struck for cause you will most likely be targeted by one side or the other for a peremptive challenge. Remember that one side's perfect juror is the other's nightmare.

Oh, btw, that tin foil hat and urine thing works too.

+1!

Attorneys rule, my man! :thumb

[Newstar]

I was going to pass on the tin foil hat thing. Luckily, after calling the jury hot line, my group has been excused today! Whooo hooo!

I am going to take advantage of a day off without cell phone interruption. I'm still working from home but as long as my customers and co-workers think I'm performing my civic duty, I should have a productive day. I have a few holiday menus to write and price. I better go buy snacks first.

Thanks for all the first class advice! I knew I could count on you guys!:thumb

[Easy]

Wear a tinfoil hat and urinate on yourself as you walk into the courtroom.

That always works for me.

:laugh :laugh :laugh

If that worked in Texas, we wouldn't have enough jurors to try more than two cases a year.


Easy

[Pat Carol]

Just tell them you are related to the defendent or that you have a picture of Judge Judy in your wallet. That'll scare them into busting you loose.:laugh


PC

[henzilla]

the defense attorney represented my childrens mother in our divorce 24 years prior to this case...walked in a short time. When I raised my hand, the judge said I had already been discussed and was out of there shortly after. We smiled at each other:wave