[TrudyM]

Anybody called to Bushnell for Jury duty This Tues the 16th? Thought someone might like to carpool if so.

[cpavillages]

You might want to reconsider just in case you get picked for a trial and the other person doesn't. The other person would have to wait for you and depending on the case they might be waiting awhile.
It has been my experience that they excuse the jurors that aren't picked at noon.
Just a thought.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by TrudyM

Anybody called to Bushnell for Jury duty This Tues the 16th? Thought someone might like to carpool if so.

Tell me if they still have the coffee pot that sounds like a moaning dog? About half the people when I had jury duty back around May 19, 2014 were from the Villages or near here. Anyone on TOTV know the Sumter County Clerk of Courts, Gloria R. Hayward?

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...83-post22.html

Many were excused though before we even got started for various reasons such as the 70 or over rule of not having to do Jury Duty. Jury Duty - Courts - Sumter County Clerk of the Courts

[TrudyM]

Thanks for the info.

I don't drive often and was dreading going down but Hubby says he will take me. I have lost my peripheral vision on the left eye (till it is ready for surgery) and it makes me a very cautious driver.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by TrudyM

Thanks for the info.

I don't drive often and was dreading going down but Hubby says he will take me. I have lost my peripheral vision on the left eye (till it is ready for surgery) and it makes me a very cautious driver.

I'd like to applaud your willingness to perform your civic duty. I was selected for grand jury duty once. It was an eye opening experience.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by TrudyM

Thanks for the info.

I don't drive often and was dreading going down but Hubby says he will take me. I have lost my peripheral vision on the left eye (till it is ready for surgery) and it makes me a very cautious driver.

Good luck with this. I am glad that you are going down there. I usually get bumped as soon as they hear I have a Law Degree. We did not get to that point in May 2014 as they excused the whole Jury Pool back then because the defendant accepted a Plea Deal which took all morning though. It seemed we were sitting there for a few hours waiting for something to happen. We never got to the Voir Dire part of the Jury Duty where they ask paneled jury members questions. This is by the lawyers as well as the judge.

[TrudyM]

The only other time I have been called they were looking for an ethnically diverse jury as it was being demanded by the defendant and they thought I was asian so I was let go as soon as they saw I wasn't.

[Chatbrat]

The only problem with jury duty is do you want to be evaluated by 12 people who were not smart enough to beat jury duty ?

By the way I served on Blue Ribbon Jurys in NYC--that was when I was on the taxpayer's dime.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

The only problem with jury duty is do you want to be evaluated by 12 people who were not smart enough to beat jury duty ?

By the way I served on Blue Ribbon Jurys in NYC--that was when I was on the taxpayer's dime.

I wanted to get on Jury Duty the 4 or so times I have been summoned in CA and FL but have always been booted for some reason. I did fill out an excuse for my first written Jury Summons from Sumter County as this was close to us moving from Palm Harbor in 2005 and I did not want to go over some of the problems I had had there with my 224 613 Project. So, I did outline them slightly and they excused me for that Summons. I received another one in 2014. My guess is the first one was around 2007.

In 2014, I did sent them a few e-mails about my 224 613 Project as well as I did not want to blindside the Court with it as it does involved the legal system from February 25, 1976 through now. Google Taltarzac725 and you should be able to tell what I am talking about with this 224 613 Project.

I did not tell the Federal Court in Ocala about this 224 613 Project for the January 2009 Jury Summons and I believe that the Federal Judge could tell I was hiding something which I was. I had no idea what kind of case this would turn out to be.

I get a Jury Summons about every 7 years on average.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I wanted to get on Jury Duty the 4 or so times I have been summoned in CA and FL but have always been booted for some reason. I did fill out an excuse for my first written Jury Summons from Sumter County as this was close to us moving from Palm Harbor in 2005 and I did not want to go over some of the problems I had had there with my 224 613 Project. So, I did outline them slightly and they excused me for that Summons. I received another one in 2014. My guess is the first one was around 2007.

In 2014, I did sent them a few e-mails about my 224 613 Project as well as I did not want to blindside the Court with it as it does involved the legal system from February 25, 1976 through now. Google Taltarzac725 and you should be able to tell what I am talking about with this 224 613 Project.

I did not tell the Federal Court in Ocala about this 224 613 Project for the January 2009 Jury Summons and I believe that the Federal Judge could tell I was hiding something which I was. I had no idea what kind of case this would turn out to be.

I get a Jury Summons about every 7 years on average.

Avatar (2009) - Rotten Tomatoes

I did get to see Avatar in 3-D up at the Ocala Hollywood 16 movie theater while the remaining picked jurors heard about the case of the Hispanic Claremont cop who claimed he had a right to write his police reports in Spanish and was also the target of harassment because of this belief. He lost his claim of employment discrimination violating Federal Laws.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I wanted to get on Jury Duty the 4 or so times I have been summoned in CA and FL but have always been booted for some reason. I did fill out an excuse for my first written Jury Summons from Sumter County as this was close to us moving from Palm Harbor in 2005 and I did not want to go over some of the problems I had had there with my 224 613 Project. So, I did outline them slightly and they excused me for that Summons. I received another one in 2014. My guess is the first one was around 2007.

In 2014, I did sent them a few e-mails about my 224 613 Project as well as I did not want to blindside the Court with it as it does involved the legal system from February 25, 1976 through now. Google Taltarzac725 and you should be able to tell what I am talking about with this 224 613 Project.

I did not tell the Federal Court in Ocala about this 224 613 Project for the January 2009 Jury Summons and I believe that the Federal Judge could tell I was hiding something which I was. I had no idea what kind of case this would turn out to be.

I get a Jury Summons about every 7 years on average.

Avatar (2009) - Rotten Tomatoes

I did get to see Avatar in 3-D up at the Ocala Hollywood 16 movie theater while the remaining picked jurors heard about the case of the Hispanic Claremont cop who claimed he had a right to write his police reports in Spanish and was also the target of harassment because of this belief. He lost his claim of employment discrimination violating Federal Laws.

[blueash]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I did get to see Avatar in 3-D up at the Ocala Hollywood 16 movie theater while the remaining picked jurors heard about the case of the Hispanic Claremont cop who claimed he had a right to write his police reports in Spanish and was also the target of harassment because of this belief. He lost his claim of employment discrimination violating Federal Laws.

You have misstated the likely case at which you were not a juror. It was not based on an officer wanting to write his reports in Spanish but rather an allegation of a supervising officer consistently discriminating against this policeman, mocking him and humiliating him in front of other officers. He never wanted to write his reports in Spanish nor did he believe he should be able to do so.

https://casetext.com/case/rodriguez-v-city-of-clermont

Radi has been Rodriguez's direct supervisor, with the authority to supervise and control all of the day-to-day operations of his unit. Throughout Radi's supervision of Rodriguez, he has subjected Rodriguez to severe and pervasive discrimination, based solely on Rodriguez's national origin. For example, Radi would make offensive and derogatory comments to Rodriguez about his national origin and ridicule and criticize his heritage on a daily and on-going basis. Radi would repeatedly taunt Rodriguez for using "Spanglish" in Rodriguez's written reports, and would humiliate Rodriguez by criticizing Rodriguez's English writing skills in front of other law enforcement officers.

There is much more that can be found here:
RODRIGUEZ v. CITY OF CLERMONT | Leagle.com

and the jury result is here:
Federal jury decides against Clermont cop in discrimination case - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel

[WhoDat]

I usually get booted from the jury by the defense because of 12 years as a police officer. Don't know why. I feel I have a better understanding of the rules of evidence and the concept of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

[DougB]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

The only problem with jury duty is do you want to be evaluated by 12 people who were not smart enough to beat jury duty ?

By the way I served on Blue Ribbon Jurys in NYC--that was when I was on the taxpayer's dime.

You're in Florida now. Only six jurors are seated in the majority of felony cases — even in some of the most violent and serious crimes. I just finished 6 months of Grand Jury duty. We had 21 members. All of us equally stupid.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by blueash

You have misstated the likely case at which you were not a juror. It was not based on an officer wanting to write his reports in Spanish but rather an allegation of a supervising officer consistently discriminating against this policeman, mocking him and humiliating him in front of other officers. He never wanted to write his reports in Spanish nor did he believe he should be able to do so.

https://casetext.com/case/rodriguez-v-city-of-clermont



There is much more that can be found here:
RODRIGUEZ v. CITY OF CLERMONT | Leagle.com

and the jury result is here:
Federal jury decides against Clermont cop in discrimination case - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel

Rodriguez, hired in January 2004 and still employed by Clermont police, sought punitive and compensatory damages for "blatant" humiliation he said he endured from Radi, his patrol sergeant.

The lawsuit claimed Radi criticized Rodriguez' English, taunted him for using "spanglish" in written incident reports and directed him not to listen to " salsa" music in his patrol car, according to federal court documents.

The trial began Monday in federal court in Ocala.

Radi resigned last year while his police supervisors were investigating his role in the handling of a suspect who was arrested and then "un-arrested" in a DUI case. The suspect had been left unsupervised in a jail cell.

Clermont officials said Radi's conduct in that case violated department policies.

The discrimination case was filed in federal court after Rodriguez claimed he was bypassed for a promotion to field training officer, a position that includes a pay increase. Clermont police Chief Steve Graham and City Manager Wayne Saunders were among the witnesses who testified during the three-day trial.

We can take various quotes.

I am going by what I heard in that court room.

This is the case though.

I heard the Judge's outline of it and that is about all. I have seen the various press reports as well.

The Judge outlined the case to the Jury Panel and asked us questions about our experiences with police, whether we knew any of the people involved, etc.

From the article in the Orlando Sentinel it did involve Rodriquez using Spanish in his reports and the humiliation he experienced for using that language in these reports. Where do you get the idea that Rodriquez did not want to put Spanish in his reports????

I remember maybe one other Villager in that court room??? There was a woman Villager on the panel if I am remembering the people on there correctly. This was in January 2010.