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Mary H. Murguia. www .ca9 .uscourts .gov. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts : District of Alaska. District of Arizona.
A citizen's right to a trial by jury is a central feature of the United States Constitution. [1] It is considered a fundamental principle of the American legal system. Laws and regulations governing jury selection and conviction/acquittal requirements vary from state to state (and are not available in courts of American Samoa), but the fundamental right itself is mentioned five times in the ...
Jury selection process. A typical jury selection process in the U.S.: [ 5] The county creates a list of potential jurors from records. Exactly which records are used vary by state, but they may include state tax filers, motor vehicle registrants, voter lists, or even utility lists. The county selects randomly from the list of potential jurors ...
Linda Drane Burdick began work at the State Attorney's Office on October 10, 1989. She has prosecuted numerous high-profile felony cases. In 2001, she won a conviction over Theodore Rodgers Jr., who on Valentine’s Day shot and killed his wife at a day care center because, he said, he believed she was having an affair with her ex-husband.
Jury instructions. Jury instructions, also known as charges or directions, are a set of legal guidelines given by a judge to a jury in a court of law. They are an important procedural step in a trial by jury, and as such are a cornerstone of criminal process in many common law countries . The purpose of instructions are to inform the jury about ...
Jury duty. Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding. Different countries have different approaches to juries. [ 1] Variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge, but without ...
e. A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a legal proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact. It is distinguished from a bench trial in which a judge or panel of judges makes all decisions. Jury trials are increasingly used in a significant share of serious criminal cases in many common law judicial systems, but not all.
Juror misconduct. Juror misconduct is when the law of the court is violated by a member of the jury while a court case is in progression or after it has reached a verdict. [ 1] Misconduct can take several forms: Communication by the jury with those outside of the trial/court case. Those on the outside include “ witnesses, attorneys, bailiffs ...