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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi
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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (42943)11/30/1999 8:39:00 AM
From: Justin C  Read Replies (1) of 71178
 
I can feel your pain on the jury summons situation. I've gotten
2 summons this year, for July 26 and October 26, only 3 months
apart. I called the court after getting the second one -- was told
it was the vagaries of random selection. I seriously considered
tossing the summons -- several people have told me they've ignored
jury summons as there is no proof they received them. But I would
worry more about the sheriff knocking on the door than an unpleasant
day of jury duty.

On the last jury duty, I was picked for a felony DWI jury --
in Texas after 2 DWI convictions, the third arrest becomes
a felony. We convicted, and the attorneys had a prior agreement
for a 4-year sentence in the event of a conviction.

The jury selection and the trial each lasted 1 day, so it wasn't
too bad. For lunch the bailiff marched us down to the street
where he commandeered a Metro bus and took us to a Chinese
restaurant several blocks away -- had a pleasant lunch with
pleasant people. Back in our fifth-floor jury deliberation room with
a window view, we were serenaded by a street person below playing
a trumpet -- This Land Is Your Land and old gospel songs like
Trust And Obey. And we had a woman juror use our men's room
when the ladies' room was occupied. Upon exiting, she announced
that we had left the seat up and that she had cleaned up after us.
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