Going through voir die one morning a defense attorney asked if anyone in the jury pool knew the defendant
I raised my hand ( knew the guy from high school )
He asked if that would prejudice me in making a fair ruling to which I replied " I have more respect for a rattlesnake "
I was excused.
Another time I got picked for a jury, rape case.
Went to lunch and just happened to sit down at a table next to 2 uniformed LEOs.
They had a couple of good looking gals w them.
As they were eating lunch they discussed the prosecutions evidence in the case I had been picked for.
Seems the defendant was LEO and used his handcuffs in the assault.
Luckily for me I knew the Judge, I was her service consultant at local Cadillac dealer.
I asked her bailiff to see her, told her what I'd overheard.
She dismissed the entire jury and as we were leaving we could hear her reaming the 2 LEOs
