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<DIV><FONT size=4>thank you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>judy</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=volcheck@acm.org href="mailto:volcheck@acm.org">Emil Volcheck</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 22, 2003 4:55
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Chat] jury duty</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Judy,<BR><BR>On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 00:04, jdy wrote:<BR>>
r there any civil lawyers out there i could get advise from? i am on
<BR>...<BR><BR>Even if you're not sequestered, I'm pretty sure that you're
not<BR>supposed to discuss deliberations outside the jury room or
conduct<BR>your own investigations. Even if you're just asking about
how<BR>the Law applies to a particular case, you'd be asking an opinion<BR>of
some attorney who's not party to the case. I'm pretty sure<BR>that's
frowned on. On the other hand, maybe you could put your<BR>question(s)
as a hypothetical, in the abstract.<BR><BR>It's amazing how easily an
apparently simple case can become<BR>complicated. My wife and I had to
sue for the return of our<BR>security deposit when we moved out of Saint Paul
Court Apts.<BR>Our trial had six witnesses and lasted over 5 hours
spread<BR>over two days. Sorry to hear that your deliberations
have<BR>become a nightmare. All I can offer is that you should<BR>expect
things to get complicated, and to speak out in the jury<BR>room if you think
people are making decisions based on<BR>emotions and not
facts.<BR><BR>--Emil<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Chat
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