This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
This is a Complaint pleading for use in litigation of the title matter. Adapt this form to comply with your facts and circumstances, and with your specific state law. Not recommended for use by non-attorneys.
Among the more common reasons jury service is excused are: Your age. You are not a U.S. citizen. You have a medical condition that would impede your jury service. You recently served on a jury in state or federal court.
PATTERN JURY INSTRUCTIONS WHICH PROVIDE A BODY OF BRIEF, UNIFORM INSTRUCTIONS THAT FULLY STATE THE LAW WITHOUT NEEDLESS REPETION ARE PRESENTED; BASIC, SPECIAL, OFFENSE, AND TRIAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE INCLUDED.
The JI-ALL database includes all state and federal published, pattern, standard, and model civil and criminal jury instructions. To access this database, click Dockets, Trial Filings, and Jury Verdicts at the top of the page, then click Jury Instructions Combined in the Jury Instructions section.
A party who objects to any portion of the instructions or to a failure to give a requested instruction must inform the court of the specific objection and the grounds for the objection before the jury retires to deliberate.
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).
(1) Members of the jury, now it is time for me to instruct you about the law you must follow in deciding this case. (2) I will start by explaining your duties and the general rules that apply in every criminal case. (3) Then I will explain the elements of the crimes that the defendant is accused of committing.
It's the law! Virginia law requires that we randomly (done electronically) select a number of citizens (35,000) to receive the Questionnaire which then allows the court to either qualify or disqualify residents for service based upon your answers to the questions in the form.
Jury Trial of Right. (a) Jury Trial Situations Unchanged. The right of trial by jury as declared by the Constitution of Virginia, or as given by an applicable statute or other authority, is unchanged by these rules, and shall be implemented as established law provides.
Your 9-digit juror participant number is located above Step 1 on your jury summons. If you do not have your summons, please contact jury staff at the location you have been summoned for.