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Failure to complete and return a jury questionnaire, providing false information on the questionnaire, or using vulgar or profane language in response to a jury questionnaire subjects a citizen to show cause proceeding for contempt of court.

It wouldn't be practical given how many people ignore jury duty notice—ing to a recent article, the jury duty no-show rate is around 45% in parts of California—and many court officers are elected and a scorched-earth response would be exceedingly unpopular.

To be eligible to serve as a juror, a person must be 18 years or older, a U.S. citizen, a Hawaii resident and able to read and understand English. Anyone receiving a questionnaire has 10 days to complete and return it in the envelope provided. A person failing to respond could be penalized.

For jury instructions to be effective, they must be clear and simple. Sentences should be short; instruc- • tions should contain no more than a few sentences, cover only one topic, and be directly related to the circumstances of the case (they should not be abstract statements of the law).

The Need to Object to Bad Jury Instructions As a rule, legally erroneous instructions are presumably objected to by the opposing party. That's a standard for California courts. However, it's a good idea for the opposing party to put any objections to those instructions on the record.

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(B) "Special jury instructions," meaning instructions from other sources, those specially prepared by the party, or approved instructions that have been substantially modified by the party.

Failure to answer questions shall be punishable with contempt of court. (K.S.A. 43-161).

Failure to Answer the Summons A person who receives a summons for jury service and fails to answer the summons as directed by the summons, is subject to a contempt action that is punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. (Texas Gov't Code § 62.0141. Failure to Answer Jury Summons.)