The 36th day of jury trial was completed today. Further jury selection to get potential jurors for the alternate juror seats was conducted all day.
In the morning 69 new prospective jurors were questioned for hardship and 15 of the 69 jurors were passed for hardship and requested to fill out a questionnaire. They will be questioned Wednesday and Thursday this week. In the afternoon 10 jurors (who were passed for hardship last Thursday afternoon) were questioned generally and 2 of the 10 jurors were passed for cause. The other eight were excused from jury service. The two jurors passed for cause were directed to return Monday morning, October 19, 2009 9:00 for the completion of jury selection and start of the trial.
Jury selection resumes Wednesday morning at 9:00 with questioning of another 10 jurors in the morning and 10 jurors in the afternoon.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.