[blindlaw] Serving on Juries

[Mike Freeman]

Joe:

To a certain extent, it does depend upon the judges and attorneys. And, at 
least in Washington state, any attorney is allowed two peremptory challenges 
during the voie dire process so one might get booted from a potential jury 
without being able to question the reason. However, in the one case on whose 
jury I served, I was not challenged during the voie dire and the only 
questions from the defense attorney were whether I had handled firearms (it 
was a reckless endangerment case) and was mildly surprised when I said that 
I had. Other than that, I had no trouble.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 5:05 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Serving on Juries


> Hello,
>
> I may very well be one of the few people who would find serving on a jury 
> an
> awesome experience.  I was summoned to serve on a grand jury here in DC, 
> and
> I wonder if I should expect any difficulties on account of my being blind?
> Does it depend on the judge, the attorneys or the cases?  Any tips would 
> be
> appreciated.  Thanks.--Joe Orozco
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
>
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