...When I did a 'closing argument' in a case that I was not handling...
...I was ordered to appear to become a Juror...and did so. It was a civil law matter, and I just sat and watched as other people were quizzed. It was a serious civil case, and I sat with a man, and we talked when we could. We were both relieved when the Jury was selected...and then...a juror said that he could not serve. The Judge told the clerk to pull out another name, and I nudged the guy sitting next to me, and said..."Oh shit...just watch..."
...My name was called...
...I went through the brief questions by the Judge, and then the attorneys laid into me.
But, being an attorney, I gave it back to them.
They quizzed me about the 'burden of proof'...and I got tired. I told them that the judge was holding a bucket, and if the plaintiff couldn't fill it up over halfway with evidence, then the defense would not have to do anything.
...I got dismissed...
...Later, I appeared before the Judge in my case, and he laughed. He said that each attorney had brought a bucket when they did their closing argument, they demonstrated how to fill it, or make it look like it was filled.
