{"id":994,"date":"2015-06-17T12:53:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T12:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/?p=994"},"modified":"2016-09-16T22:05:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T22:05:56","slug":"jury-duty-part-iii-a-the-trial-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nelsonboydlaw.com\/blog\/articles\/jury-duty-part-iii-a-the-trial-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Duty Part III A: The Trial Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

A three part series on what to do when you are called for jury duty<\/em><\/p>\n

Part Three: Jury Duty \u2013 The Trial Begins<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0From the start of the trial until deliberations begin<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Finally \u2013 the part you expected! Lawyers talking! \u00a0Witnesses! \u00a0Cross examination! \u00a0Deliberations! \u00a0What now? What will it take to be a good juror?<\/p>\n

    Your service will have 2 major responsibilities; your attention and conduct during the trial, and your deliberations at the end of the trial. \u00a0This section will address issues from the start of the trial until deliberations, and I will write a separate section about deliberations.<\/p>\n

    Show up, on time.<\/strong> \u00a0You will have breaks during the day, and your trial is going to last more than one day. \u00a0Be back from any break (which are called \u201crecesses\u201d even though no playground is involved!) at the right time. \u00a0Many, many people are involved in a trial. \u00a0If one person is late, everyone suffers. \u00a0Further, more than you know, time is money. \u00a0Late starts are a burden to everyone.<\/p>\n

    Expect that it all will seem a little strange.<\/strong> \u00a0You have never done this before. \u00a0You are being asked to think about things that you don\u2019t usually think about, and make the kinds of decisions you don\u2019t usually make. \u00a0There are rules and procedures that you may not understand at first. \u00a0Take comfort in the fact that this process has evolved over centuries, and that there are good reasons for things being done the way they are.<\/p>\n

    Have patience.<\/strong> \u00a0Some of the trial will be boring. \u00a0Some of the testimony will seem unnecessary. \u00a0Some things will be repeated too many times. \u00a0Breaks may last longer than they should. \u00a0You may want information that you are not getting. \u00a0At some level, that\u2019s just the way it is. \u00a0\u00a0This isn\u2019t Hollywood, where trials take 20 minutes. Roll with it!<\/p>\n

    Pay attention. \u00a0<\/strong>See \u201cHave patience,\u201d above. \u00a0You have an important job. \u00a0You will only get to see and hear what you see and hear once. \u00a0There is no instant replay.<\/p>\n

    Don\u2019t discuss the case, with anyone<\/span>, during the trial.<\/strong> \u00a0That means anyone \u2013 not other jurors, not your significant other, not your Facebook friends. \u00a0Even if the case involves medicine, and you are married to a doctor, if you talk about the case, you are violating your oath as a juror, and your conduct could result in a mistrial \u2013 the case being thrown out of court and tried all over again months later. \u00a0That is a catastrophe for everyone involved.<\/p>\n

    Don\u2019t investigate anything about the case. \u00a0<\/strong>You are sworn to decide the case based upon the law and evidence you see in court. \u00a0If you get on line to look up photos of the intersection where the wreck happened, or to dig into the background of the parties, or to look up information about medical issues, you are NOT deciding the case based upon the law and evidence you see in court. Also, don\u2019t read the paper or surf the web to see any reporting about the trial during the trial. If you do this, you will be in trouble, and the case will be subject to a mistrial (see above). \u00a0No matter how tempting it may be, or how easy it is, or how relevant it may seem to you, DON\u2019T DO IT.<\/p>\n

    Take notes and ask questions.<\/strong> \u00a0Most, but not all, courts today will let you take notes during the trial. \u00a0If you have that chance, do it, but be careful not to pay so much attention to writing things down that you don\u2019t spend time looking at the witnesses and thinking about the big picture. \u00a0Also, many courts have a procedure that allows jurors to submit written questions to witnesses at the end of their testimony. \u00a0Take advantage of that opportunity! \u00a0However, be aware that the judge won\u2019t allow every question. \u00a0Some things you would like to know are based on evidence that is not admissible under the rules of evidence, so you won\u2019t get an answer. \u00a0If that happens, you will no doubt feel frustrated, but, again, remember that the rules exist for a reason.<\/p>\n

    Keep an open mind until the end of the trial. <\/strong>There is a lot of research out there that shows that people often make up their minds about a matter very early in any discussion, and based upon only a fraction of the information that is available to them. \u00a0Your obligation as a juror is to do just the opposite \u2013 you must keep an open mind about the case<\/span> until you have heard all the facts and evidence, heard the jury instructions (see below), and started deliberations with your fellow jurors. \u00a0Trials are, by their nature, incremental. \u00a0You get a little information at a time. \u00a0One side goes first, and the other side doesn\u2019t get to put on their evidence until later. \u00a0If you start making up your mind too soon, you will be doing so based on only part of the story, and you will be disrespecting the process. \u00a0Sure, it is more comfortable to \u201cpick a story and stick to it,\u201d but doing so is not fair to either side. \u00a0You never know what evidence is yet to come, and it may significantly impact how you see things in the end. \u00a0Stay flexible, and understand that a trial is the sum of all of its parts.<\/p>\n

    What about objections and instructions to disregard evidence?<\/strong> \u00a0From time to time the lawyers will object to certain testimony or to certain things that happen. \u00a0From time to time, the judge will tell you to ignore things you have heard. In fact, the human mind has no \u201creset\u201d button. \u00a0Nevertheless, you are to do your best to not get caught up in the question of why certain things were objected to, and to forget what you have been told to disregard.<\/p>\n

    Things you want to know, and you expect to hear about \u2013 but won\u2019t be told.<\/strong> \u00a0Every juror in a civil case involving a car wreck wants to know \u201cWho got the ticket?\u201d \u00a0In a medical negligence case \u201chas this doctor ever been sued before?,\u201d or, \u201cHow much insurance did the defendant have?\u201d Most jurors expect to be told about what has happened in other similar cases. \u00a0All of these are great questions. \u00a0None of them will be talked about at trial; those questions, and others that may seem important and logical and helpful will never be answered. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Because, again, trials are governed by the rules of evidence, and some things are not admissible. \u00a0Also, some things are just part of the job of jurors, and the answers just don\u2019t matter. \u00a0For example, in a civil case involving a car wreck, it is the job of a jury to decide whether someone is negligent. A traffic ticket, however, is a police officer\u2019s opinion about whether or not there is probable cause that a criminal traffic violation has occurred. A ticket is not admissible because that opinion is irrelevant to the issues in a civil trial. \u00a0Remember also, the officer didn\u2019t see it happen and so is not an eyewitness to the crash. \u00a0A civil jury has different evidence and different standards than a police officer, so, you won\u2019t hear what the officer thought about who was at fault.<\/p>\n

    Jury Instructions<\/strong><\/p>\n

    At various points during the trial, the judge will talk to you. \u00a0She or he will read to you something called \u201cjury instructions.\u201d \u00a0You may have had a taste of these before or even during voir dire.<\/p>\n

    You are NOT to substitute your idea of what the law should be for what you are told it is. \u00a0As a juror, you do NOT get to decide the law, you only get to decide what the facts are that applies to the law. \u00a0As an example, in your case you are instructed that it is negligent to enter an intersection on a yellow light. \u00a0You listen carefully to the testimony and review the evidence and decide that the defendant entered the intersection on a yellow light. \u00a0At that point, you don\u2019t get to argue: \u201cI was taught in Driver\u2019s Ed that it was OK to enter under a yellow light.\u201d \u00a0Your job as a juror is to decide whether the defendant ran the yellow light, not whether the law (that it is negligent to enter an intersection on a yellow light) is a good idea or a bad idea. \u00a0Another example is the death penalty. \u00a0If you don\u2019t believe in the death penalty, you can\u2019t be a juror in a death penalty case, because the application of the death penalty (in some cases) is the law. \u00a0Jurors decide if someone deserves the penalty, not whether there should or should not be that penalty.<\/p>\n

    After the instructions, you will be taken back to the jury room, and the real work of a jury will begin. \u00a0More about that in Section B, to come.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[117,38,75],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-jury-duty","tag-nelson-boyd","tag-seattle-attorneys"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJury Duty Part III A: The Trial Begins | Nelson Boyd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Best practices for juror conduct from the start of the trial until deliberations begin.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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