What happens if you blow off Jury Duty?

They can put out a bunch warrant for you. So one day you get pulled over for a speeding ticket and its surprise your going to jail. A lady here in Atlanta lied why she was late to jury duty. The judge caught her in the lie and she is now in jail for 10days for contempt of court.

Nichols juror shows up late, gets 10 days in jail
90 people qualify to be in final round of jury selection

By JEFFRY SCOTT

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Friday, August 22, 2008

The slow grind of jury pool selection in the Brian Nichols trial got a dose of drama Friday when a juror lied about being late for jury duty and was sentenced to 10 days in jail.

A clearly annoyed Superior Court Judge James Bodiford sentenced the young prospective juror to Fulton County jail after she admitted she had lied that she was late because she took her child to the hospital.

Dontra Heard, 34, a resident of southwest Atlanta, was handcuffed and taken to jail Friday afternoon. At the end of jury selection Friday, Nichols defense attorney Henderson Hill requested that Bodiford “show mercy” on the juror.

“Seems to me like you’ve got enough on your plate not to worry about her,” Bodiford said, going on to explain he would have shown leniency if Heard hadn’t lied and shown “disrespect” for the court.

Bodiford said if the incident had happened in Cobb County, where Bodiford normally serves on the bench, instead of Fulton County, where he was specially appointed to handle the Nichols trial, “she might have gotten 20 days.”

Bodiford found Heard guilty of contempt of court after she refused to answer detailed questions about taking her daughter to the hospital.

He told the juror he was about to sentence her — “this is a very important stage” — and asked her, again, if she was telling the truth about taking her daughter to the hospital.

“She was sick,” Heard admitted. “But I didn’t go to the hospital with [her].”

“I’m going to give you 10 days in the common jail of Fulton County,” Bodiford said, ordering her into custody.

That drama overshadowed the bigger news of the day.

After 32 days of interviewing more than 240 jurors, some for more than an hour, late Friday afternoon the final two jurors were qualified, bringing the total in the jury pool to 90.

Bodiford will send letters next week to those 90 qualified jurors telling them when to return for the final round of selection of 12 jurors and six alternates.

The judge has said that process will take one day. He has set Monday, Sept. 22, as opening day for the trial in a case more than 3 1/2 years old. Bodiford said Friday that the trial will be over by Dec. 25.

Nichols is charged with the March 11, 2005, murder of Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes and three other people. He has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

You get 11 facials, unless you also jerk it too.

you can get jail time..

I meant bench not bunch lol.

dont they come after ya n shit? or they just wait till you run into law enforecement?

Like Tony404 said, They issue a bench warrent for you. You get pulled over and next thing you know you are some big fat fuckers bitch.

Just show up and be yourself.
I have a feeling they will let you go on day 1....

I think if they came after people, it would take up too much of their time. Probably a shitload of people do it.

please dont entice juicy to blow off jury duty...

You have to proform oral sex on the judge...

depends on the state but generally you get a warrant and they will either come get you or just wait till the cops pull you over or run your plates
then its off to jail

so if you missed JD call them, explain yourself and they will generally put you on the next list and let it slide

dont miss the next one

Best answer...

I've known a fair amount of people that just skipped out on it and nothing happened. I was out of town for a month or two and found out I was suppose to go (letter). I believe the back of the letter says something along the lines of don't worry about if you're out of town, sick etc etc. It's probably different depending on where you live though. But I've been pulled over years after that and nothing happened.

From what I hear, if you miss it once nothing will happen, but once you start blowing 2nd, 3rd one, you will get a warrant issued and you are fucked..

My friend recently did it...he forgot it was coming up, and the date just passed by. He called them, explained what happened, and they just rescheduled him.

Even after they rescheduled him, he was able to do an extension...so I wouldn't worry about it, just take care of it.

Dont worry about it until you get a certified letter. They cant prove you received the summons until it comes by certified mail.