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Originally Posted by MRM
Matthew, haven't you selected a civilian jury yet? Do you handle criminal defense exclusively?
Speeder's dad was the one who actually taught me how to chose strikes from the jury panel. He would have recommended striking you because you would be a leader in the jury room and he advised that the only one you want leading the jury is you (as the lawyer). .
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I only do criminal work. Wait, that didn't sound good. Criminal defense. I've selected a bunch of juries in the Army, but never a civilian jury. The real difference is that the Commanding General selects a pool of potential jurors from his/her entire command. Then that is whittled down by voir dire just like any other court. The Army got smacked around a few years ago by an appellate court for having a regulation that specified no lawyers, doctors, dentists, would even be placed in the jury pool. After that, I seemed to always have some dentist on my jury.
The thing about striking lawyers and not wanting them to be a leader in the jury room seems to be a pretty commonly held belief. I'd hate to have someone back in the room that could say whether I was right or wrong on something.