Posted on 03/22/2012 5:40:43 AM PDT by nuconvert
The lesson: if you’ve found a creative way to avoid jury duty, keep it to yourself.
The Denver District Attorney has charged a 54-year-old woman with two felonies for allegedly acting mentally unstable in order to avoid jury duty after she shared her story on talk radio.
Susan Cole faces charges of first degree perjury and attempting to influence a public servant.
According to the arrest affidavit, an investigator with the DA’s Office was listening to the “Dave Logan Show” on 850 KOA radio on Oct. 11, 2011 when the hosts were taking calls on the topic of avoiding jury duty.
“One of the show’s callers related an elaborate story of how she deliberately dressed in a disheveled and uncoordinated fashion with the intent of appearing mentally unstable,” the affidavit states. “The caller then indicated that her appearance had the desired effect as it drew stares from fellow jurors and she was ultimately excused by the judge in the courtroom.”
I seemed to be a list for a while... was sent a notice 3 times in 3 yrs, and one of those was for Grand Jury, which is for 1 year. I was notified that they already had enough people for grand jury and didn’t have to go down to the courthouse. One other case was plea bargained, so didn’t have to go to court. The other I had to go to the court, but was sent home before I was even asked anything by the lawyers. Can’t rememebr exactly, but I think maybe they’d already filled all the juror spots.
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