District of Columbia Jury Instructions - Defendant's Failure to Testify
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If summoned for grand jury, please report each day for 27 days. By law, jury service is compulsory in the District of Columbia.
Submit a statement from your health care provider on official letterhead stating you are unable to serve due to your medical condition.
When a party has the burden of proving any claim [or affirmative defense] by a preponderance of the evidence, it means you must be persuaded by the evidence that the claim [or affirmative defense] is more probably true than not true.
If you do not report on your scheduled date, you will receive a notice indicating you have failed to appear and that it is a misdemeanor and you may be held in contempt of Court.
If you've missed your summons or deferral date, please contact the Jurors' Office at 202-879-4604.
If you are not excused and fail to report for jury service, the Court may issue an order to the United States Marshal Service to have you brought before a judge for a show cause hearing. Any person who fails to show good cause for noncompliance with a summons may be fined and/or imprisoned, or both.
The defendant must prove [duress] [coercion] [compulsion] by a preponderance of the evidence. A preponderance of the evidence means that you must be persuaded that the things the defendant seeks to prove are more probably true than not true.
One change, or deferral, of service is allowed. Please provide the Jurors' Office with a mutually agreeable date of service, not to exceed 90 days from the original summons date. The new selected day of the week must be the same day of the original summons.
