Using the online Juror Portal, you can postpone your jury selection to a later date, request excusal due to undue hardship, or alert the court that you are not legally qualified to serve. If you are unable to reply using the Juror Portal link, please call Phone for additional information.
C, 234A, § 68A states, “after a jury has been impanelled and sworn, the court shall appoint a foreperson,” common practice in the District Court is to select a foreperson at the close of the instructions, just prior to deliberations. The manner in which the foreperson is chosen lies in the discretion of the judge, 3.
Juror One: Foreman of the jury who takes his/her authority seriously but not an overbearing leader. Juror Two: A meek hesitant person, who finds it difficult to maintain any opinion of his/her own.
During voir dire, a judge (sometimes the parties as well) asks potential jurors questions in order to screen them for bias be- fore picking a jury. Even after a jury trial, a judge may order a new trial if a party proves a juror lied during voir dire and hid something that would have kept him or her off the jury.
In some districts the judge selects the foreperson of the jury. In other districts the jurors elect their foreperson and in still other districts the first juror to enter the jury box becomes the foreperson automatically.
Don't lose your temper, try to bully, or refuse to listen to the opinions of other jurors. Don't mark or write on exhibits or otherwise change or injure them.
Organization, Oath and Officers of the Federal Grand Jury After the proper number of persons have been qualified as grand jurors, the court will appoint one of them to be the foreperson, or presiding officer, of the grand jury.
In other districts the jurors elect their foreperson and in still other districts the first juror to enter the jury box becomes the foreperson automatically.
Failure to attend jury service may result in an $800 infringement. This means you must attend at the place and time stated on the summons as directed until you have been discharged unless you have been granted a deferral or excusal prior to your summons attendance date.