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Requests to be permanently excused from jury service may be requested on the Voir Dire Questionnaire or in eJuror. If you requested a permanent excuse, you may call the Juror Information Line (1-800-240-6366 or 505-348-2073) two weeks prior to the start of your term to obtain the status of your request.

What are the judges instructions to the jury? He tells them they must decide the guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. All twelve must vote guilty or not guilty; otherwise there will be no verdict, and it will be a hung jury.

Failure to appear and contempt of court are criminal charges which may result in jail time, a fine, or both. Answering these questions shortens the jury selection process and reduces the need to ask personal, or potentially embarrassing, questions to jurors in open court.

Jurors, you have the most important role in this trial, because you are the ones who must decide who and what to believe, and answer each of the questions that I have discussed with you. You must decide this case based only on the evidence presented at the trial. You may not decide this case based on anything else.

Either before or after the closing arguments by the lawyers, the judge will explain the law that applies to the case to you. This is the judge's instruction to the jury. You have to apply that law to the facts, as you have heard them, in arriving at your verdict.

What are Jury Instructions? Jury instructions tell the jury what the laws are that govern a particular case. Each attorney gives the judge a set of proposed jury instructions. The judge considers each instruction and gives the one that properly states the law that applies to the case.

Either before or after the closing arguments by the lawyers, the judge will explain the law that applies to the case to you. This is the judge's instruction to the jury. You have to apply that law to the facts, as you have heard them, in arriving at your verdict.

Under Federal law, a person cannot be required to serve jury duty more often than once every two (2) years.

Generally, you are not required to serve on a jury or attend court for jury service in a New Mexico state court more than once every 3 years.