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  • STEVE HERNANDEZ VS SILVIA E MARROQUIN Motor Vehicle - Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (Limited Jurisdiction) document preview
  • STEVE HERNANDEZ VS SILVIA E MARROQUIN Motor Vehicle - Personal Injury/Property Damage/Wrongful Death (Limited Jurisdiction) document preview
						
                                

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OSr0O\203 Superior Court of California ‘ounty of Los Angeles EC 08 2021 _ — —s I tiv icer/Clerk of Court CACI 100. PRELIMINARY ADMONITIONS Deputy PINOSA You have now been sworn as jurors in this case. | want to impress on you the seriousness and importance of serving on a jury. Trial by jury is a fundamental right in California. The parties have a right to a jury that is selected fairly, that comes to the case without bias, and that will attempt to reach a verdict based on the evidence presented. Before we begin, | need to explain how you must conduct yourselves during the trial. Do not allow anything that happens outside this courtroom to affect your decision. During the trial do not talk about this case or the people involved in it with anyone, including family and persons living in your household, friends and co-workers, spiritual leaders, advisors, or therapists. You may say you are on a jury and how long the trial may take, but that is all. You must not even talk about the case with the other jurors until after | tell you that it is time for you to decide the case. This prohibition is not limited to face-to-face conversations. It also extends to all forms of electronic communications. Do not use any electronic device or media, such as a cell phone or smart phone, PDA, computer, the Internet, any Internet service, any text or instant messaging service, any Internet chat room, blog, or website, including social networking websites or online diaries, to send or receive any information to or from anyone about this case or your experience as a juror until after you have been discharged from your jury duty. During the trial you must not listen to anyone else talk about the case or the people involved in the case. You must avoid any contact with the parties, the lawyers, the witnesses, and anyone else who may have a connection to the case. If anyone tries to talk to you about this case, tell that person that you cannot discuss it because you are a juror. If he or she keeps talking to you, simply walk away and report the incident to the court clerk as soon as you can. After the trial is over and | have released you from jury duty, you may discuss the case with anyone, but you are not required to do so. _