Jury Duty!

[chicken]

Oh boy, I just got a jury duty summons. ?!?

If I get picked the trial extends past the date I become a Massachusetts resident, what happens then? Would I suddenly become an ineligible juror?

I hope I don't get picked, because I sure don't want to miss that much work.

Does anyone have any jury stories of their own to tell? Do, tell. :-)

Comments

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

I don't know where Ayer is, or how far it is from where you live. Just tell me -- can they summon you anywhere in Massachusetts? I am glad to hear you didn't get embroiled in a huge case.

The "one day/one trial" system sounds very sane, and probably better than what Rhode Island has. We'll see.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I live inside Route 128; Ayer is way out to the northwest beyond 495. It's not that far from where I work, though, so it's not as if the commute is unusual for me these days. There's a commuter rail station there (which must be close to the courthouse since it's a pretty small town), so in theory I'd have had public transportation there.

I'm not sure what the policy is on where they can summon you.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

...Of course, one day/one trial doesn't apply to the federal courts, and you can still get summoned by the feds to far more onerous duty. The grand-jury system is particularly bad; I know a guy who got summoned to be part of a federal grand jury, and they basically owned him one day a week for months on end, sitting on indictment after indictment.