For 13 years every now and then my 2 week jury duty comes into my head. I am giving the background of my time there then I am asking your opinion on a case I was alternate juror on. I am sad to say I never found how my fellow jurors decided the case and its driven me crazy many years later.
In 1998 I reported to the courthouse to start my 2 weeks of jury duty. I was part of a pool of 120 people and the odds were I wouldnt end up on a jury. I filled out my personal profile for the courts. The 1st 3 days I reported and got excused so off to work I went. On Thursday I got picked as a possible juror. I was 1 of 20. I was juror number 7. As it turned out it was a medical malpractice case. My jaw dropped when the judge explained the case before we were to be questioned by the attornies. The judge said the case was against a surgeon that performed heart surgery on a 95 year old woman. She died on the operating table. The family was suing for $5 million dollars. I said to myself this is f'ing crazy. Back then I was a serious professional 30% of the time. Next the attornies met with the judge then the judge announced to us jurors the attornies dont have any questions for the jurors. I said wtf I was number 7. The judge asked the jurors if there was anyone who couldnt sit on this case. Juror number 2 raised her hand and gave some reason and she was excused. My heart started pounding then I raised my hand. I said, your honor I mean no disrespect to you, the plantiffs and the attornies but this is the most ridiculous malpractice case I have ever heard of. She was 95 years old god rest her soul. The judge asked me if I could decide the case on the laws of The State of Ohio. I told the judge no because of common sense. I was excused. That killed day 4. Friday I was excused so instead of going to work off to the casino I went. God caught me as my company cell phone rang. I got off the casino boat and called work. I had to leave the casino to handle a problem at work. On day 7 I got picked for another jury. I was juror number 14 I think. I wanted this case because juror number 3 was a very pretty blond in her mid 20's not wearing a wedding band. The following was the case and how would u decided it.
We walked into the court room and this time i knew what 2 expect. The judge walked in and my jaw dropped. Here it was my divorce judge that moved up to common pleas court. I knew he was a very good judge, heck he kicked my wife out of the house in the middle of our divorce. He looked us juors over and I gave him the biggest smile. Heck, I spent enough time in front of him over a 2 1/2 year period. The attorney and prosecuter did some major questioning of some of us. No one was excused and here i was alternate juror number 2. This was a DUI case. This guy who looked around 26 or so was being charged with his 5th DUI which in Ohio meant major jail time back then. After his 4th DUI 3 years previous he had his drivers license suspended for 10 years. During opening statements the facts came out. This guy lived on the east side of Cincinnati. A friend picked him up to go play in a day long soccer tournament on the west side of Cincinnati. After 14 hours at the soccer fields this guy, his friend and some of the other players went to eat when done playing soccer. This guy got totally drunk at a bar after dinner. Ok, its obvious he is an alcoholic. At 2am this guy was in the front seat passed out. His friend leaves him in the car on the western side of cincinnati with the car running to go into a friend's house to get another friend and take him home. While his friend was in the house our defendent wakes up and stretches out on the front seat then passes out again. The problem was his foot was laying on the horn. Someone on the street called the police, The police arrested this guy for DUI. We as jurors heard from the arresting officer and the defendent, thats it. No new information came out during testimony. After closing statements me and the other alternate juror were excused. The Ohio revised code at the time stated DUI is if u r legally under the influence and either operating a vehicle or have a chance to operate a vehicle. The defendent was arrested under the chance of operating a vehicle. The defendent stated on the stand in tears he had not driven in 3 years and he didnt know his friend left the car running. The deal here is if the car wasnt running he wouldnt be charged with DUI. Guilty or not guilty??? How would u decide???? If I was a juror it would have been a hung jury or not guilty. Once again principle of common sense i would have voted not guilty. Finally, I did get to take that very pretty blond to a nice 1 plus hour lunch. At lunch she told me where she told me where she worked. One day the next week I called her work and asked 4 her to find out what the jurors decided. The lady said she wasnt at work at that time. I didnt press futher or try to call her again as I didnt want to get her in trouble. Like I said before I still dont know the result.
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