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Old 06-19-2018, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
I thought all lawyers, doctors, and law enforce got out of jury duty?
Not necessarily. In NM not only lawyers but judges can serve on juries. My guess is this harkens back to sparsely populated rural times. When attorneys show up for jury duty as they must, the trial counsel invariably dismiss them during voire dire.

One time I was called to jury duty in a relatively small town and was not dismissed until the final cut. The defense counsel for Volkswagen was furious at me and asked why I had not announced I was an attorney. He was quite a jerk so I stood up and stated that I had put it on my form which he obviously had read only belatedly. That was the way it was done. This guy really was obnoxious. I hope VW got rid of him before the actual trial started as my fellow juror candidates did not like him at all!
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