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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 1, 2008

A Stranger in a Strange Land

Most attorneys long to get a glimpse of how it feels to be on the other side of the jury box, a fly on the wall during deliberations, writes Amanda Bevins - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Amanda Bevins
This article appears on Page 6

      My husband handed me a jury summons to appear in Napa County Superior Court in February and laughed. He was amused because he knows I have received more than half a dozen such notices since I became a lawyer in 1993 and have yet to serve. I have not been selected because I am a criminal defense attorney. Most cases that go to trial are criminal, which means I am a...

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