DUIS & JURY TRIALS

DUIS & JURY TRIALS

I haven't "blogged" for several weeks, which isn't good. However, besides the Christmas and New Year's break, I had another jury trial that caused me to do nothing but concentrate on that. During the Jury Trial I was again reminded of the pros and cons of the jury trial process. If clients do decide to go to trial they must be aware that there is no such thing as a "slam dunk" trial, no matter how straight forward a case may appear. At the end of the day, literally, the case and the way it is interpreted is left up to the discretion of 6 jury members, who are largely unknown and they deepest darkest beliefs a mystery.

Thankfully these 6 unknown individuals found my client "not-guilty" (late in the day of Christmas Eve), but there were many nervous moments. The Snohomish County prosecutor did an excellent job but thankfully, for my client, we were able to pursuade the Jury that there was indeed reasonable doubt. However, as always, a not-guilty plea could very easily have been a guilty verdict - you just never know.

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