Just a general question. I was called to jury service and ended up sitting on a jury for 4 days in a civil case. Of course during the trial you can't talk to anyone related to the case or anyone outside of the courtroom. When the case was over and the judge dismissed us he said that we can talk about the case to anyone now but on the same line the lawyers and witnesses can talk to us. The lawyers in particular can contact us regarding out time on jury duty and ask us questions to determine if we followed the rules and there was no jury misconduct. Now we don't have to talk to them and in the case they call I'm just not going to answer the phone but I was wondering if anyone has served on a jury and been contacted after the trial was over?
They do that all the time. I think they do it to get feedback so they are better prepared for their next case. I wouldn't worry about it. It could be interesting now that the case is over and done.
I would agree that this is to get feedback for other cases. I would not in any way think they are contacting you to see if something took place that shouldn't have. If it were me I would answer questions so long as they did not seem to be angling to get me to lie or bend the truth in a possible appeal. Otherwise it makes good sense to me to see what worked and what didn't in talking to jurors.
I was on a jury for 4 days. When it was over, the attorney for the person we found not guilty did talk with us. It was completely voluntary.
He specifically told me that he was floored when the DA did not dismiss me. It was a self defense case. One of the questions to all juried people was regarding self defense. My answer was yes I believe in self defense and my daughter was a trained privately trained black belt and instructed ti only use her skills in self defense.
He knew at that point, without me knowing the case thT I would be on his side. He was right.
What is right is right..... He had a clear cut case.
yes, but i declned. i didn't want to give the jerk who lost a chance to appeal.
No, and I don't know anyone that has. It probably only happens in the BIG cases that get a lot of media attention most likely.
Yes, we were instructed by the judge that the attorneys may contact us and it was our choice as to whether or not we wanted to talk to them. Both attorneys stopped and talked with the group of us as we were leaving the courtroom.
Yes but it was awhile ago. If I remember correctly someone was accused of drug possession. It was both the prosecuter and public defenders first time trying a case. Afterwards they wanted to talk to the jury mainly to see how we thought they did. They both did very well and we let them know that as they asked questions to see if they could have done anything differently. They really couldn't have, it was a pretty straightforward case.
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