civil jury trial defending myself

[ginny_west]

Flariptide got your message thanks but the question is still will I be the one to pick the jury in this civil court trial. Very small court and not a large town. Any more info you can give me would be appreciated.
Ginny

 

[FlaRiptide]

ginny,

I can only answer you in general as I am not an attorney.

Generally potential jurors come from a pool usually based upon voter data. If you are registered to vote, you automattically become a potential juror.

Jurors are chosen randomly from this pool for the day's court cases. The Clerk's office would be responsible for sending jurors to the various court cases.

Thus, you do not have the power to choose the jurors yet you may have the power to refuse a juror. In this event another randomly picked juror would replace the one you refused.

 

[jharris352]

Generally in civil trials you do not have the option of striking jurors. You get what you get. I would warn you heavily against going into court alone. It's not going to end well if you do, or at least it is very unlikely to. I'm not trying to be discouraging I'm just telling you what reality is. You are entering a different world, with specific procedures, a different language, a whole list of rules, and they will not help you at all. Good luck if you do but I would strongly urge you to come up with a lawyer.

 

[jharris352]

Ok, I'm wrong. In Texas Civil juries you have striking rules. Jury selection rules are in the Rules of Civil Procedure 216-236. You can find them here >>>> Rules of Civil Procedure. If you are going to represent yourself I would read these thoroughly.