Miscellaneous

One through Nine: Pitfalls of Juror Notetaking

By Anne Skove, Esq.

• 1. Could get splinters from biting pencil


• 2. Writers' cramp could kick in, preventing them from sending the judge important missives during deliberations


• 3. Paper cuts could render them sympathetic to plaintiffs


• 4. Kills trees


• 5. Temptation to fashion paper airplanes


• 6. Fire hazard


• 7. They'll just use the materials to draw pictures


• 8. Cootie catchers are unbecoming in court


• 9. Sudoku addicts could use note-taking as subterfuge to indulge in their habit!

See Sudoku-Playing Jurors Make Judge Stop Drug Trial, AP (June 10, 2008).

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).