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I’ll be on call for Petit Jury Service for three months — Jan through Mar. I don’t have to call the number every night to know whether to show up or not. They’re supposed to send me a notice to appear about a week before a trial date. My question is, how often do you believe the average juror will be called to report for service during the three month period? I’m hoping they’re not going to make this an every week or every other week occasion. Is it possible I don’t get called to serve at all (fat chance, I know)?

I’ll be on call for Petit Jury Service for three months — Jan through Mar. I don’t have to call the number every night to know whether to show up or not. They’re supposed to send me a notice to appear about a week before a trial date. My question is, how often do you believe the average juror will be called to report for service during the three month period? I’m hoping they’re not going to make this an every week or every other week occasion. Is it possible I don’t get called to serve at all (fat chance, I know)?

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I've only done state court jury duty and closest I got was when they filled the seats and started asking people in the box the questions and eliminating people and filling the spots with people in the surplus pool that got to watch the jury get questioned (I was in the surplus pool watching the voire dire).

Sometimes they don't give you the chance to announce your opposition. There are questions to the entire jury to see if you know the defendant or plaintiff and company involved if it's civil, the person that raises their hand to a mass question gets asked a bit more to see how much you know or how close to parties you are. If you do get the chance, then the judge will keep asking you questions to see if despite your statement that you can still listen to the evidence and be fair in your decision. The thrill of thinking you can get out of trial soon dies. What I saw that seemed successful in CA to get out of a long trial was people whining about how they need to go to work to support their family because their work doesn't pay while they are on jury duty or they are a caretaker and it would be a harship. Or medical issues.