CA Jury Duty

Jugulator20
Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:30:56 +0000

Since summons is on spring break, S should show up. CA has one day-one trial jury service, meaning you show up and get assigned to a case or you’re done for year. My S was called recently. There were no trials starting that day and he was sent home. If your S gets picked, judge usually gives prospective jurors overview of case (what’s it about, length, etc). My experience was judge then tells people to stay if they have some hardship to explain (eg financial, child care, school, planned vacation, etc). The rest are sent home and told to come back tomorrow. There are other cases besides long ones. I was on case earlier this year, reported for jury service on Monday. It was a civil case, trial started on Tuesday, we were handed case on Friday AM, verdict delivered late Friday afternoon.