Show I NV Salt !Ake Tribune OPINION Sunday Manii 28 2004 The verdict is in: Jury duty is a rewarding experience s r I A BARB GUY muscular defendant was there to answer for hurting his small scaredlooking wife but in reality he was charged with assaulting his adult nephew Somehow that made it easier 1Ne heard arguments and testimony for two hours The city of Salt Lake represented by Doug Johnson wanted to show that the defendant threw the first punch in a fight with his nephew who was also his tenant The defense attorney Mark Flores wanted to show that the uncle landlord was the victim Everyone was well behaved in court but at home this family Is apparently a circus of bad behavior In no particular order here are the events as we heard repeatedly hits uncle attempts to strangle him kicks him case I let '4 N t A "7) 3 1111661oo010 - -- r 6! a r 11 0' PI' I FREE WITH d -- - -- - — -- - - - ilgt 611414 0 I offers mods 0 - Ovift- - after Cool Caste Incentive Programs for qualifying UPS& customers e -- eta nT 843-530- 0 tflTfrktIt t t 1 ' I 4 ' s V 4 1I ': ' Til rul i I s 1 : ' 1 0 I 60 -- ot 4 0" - -- L tliTNI t t 6111 itlial114 M141-11- arinfit$oaTitt4 13i71i401114411 ii i 0 A noon " ie you know a senior whose life could be enhanced by one or more of these services please contact your local Area Agency on Aging or the Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services as listed below: to 5 - 444-- ' trz dird 4 If Pi 41 i ! : 1 1- - 4 4' i-- ''' ' r f 'N s'- : v - :4 i' '''''' L::": at I 1 - 44 ': it " : 4 i 41 meal delivered at home for frail seniors A ride to the doctor's office f 0 Nsig 'z '' Relief to caregivers of older adults 'N ‘::4 0 with personal care Assistance 0 4 0 Adult Day Care Classes lunch and friends at Senior Centers 0 Help with finding jobs Discuss long term care options :Lwal 0 Help with Medicare billings 61'''''' I' ' ' 4 3 -- 17 Lk 1 '‘ 0 ogaltte6 laillAtAW1011101 im11:1111 334-540- 0 0 or wwwromfortionestmeom 4 ! 0 0 It ( 356-260- MVP WM": WeberNo Davis Utah County Tooele County A1V ' (( -- 'I ir Salt LakeSo Davis twt41 r fj411 LI111 ))‘9 la Oar fl i kiN)Fiti4E111 !?1 1:-TI-:- 1L cow fort yo ur (Wel" iz-"1-d- 3 -- II 774et "Net roil ezpr7 - Historically low rates may soon be history Vatiob le rates as low as 111 ars limited time otter& I combos Call to &tells toll frt L i 97 rammer It ?Am? 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We were there until after 5 o'clock We were each paid $1850 for our day the same amount that our fellow potential jurors got when they were dismissed that morning It's a duty of citizenship in this country to serve on a jury and it's a duty that a lot of us don't really want to carry out I never dreamed of having to make being a family again After we rendered our verdict we went back to the jury room and sat around discussing the case with the judge and both lawyers Judge Baxter who swears that any political inference we might draw from his collection of Rush Llmbaugh ties would be counteracted by his collection of Jerry Garcia ties seemed to feel we did the right thing But he's a judge so who d them: Uncle demands to know why intim is late with rent an argument ensues and he eventually punches nephew Nephew as I passed The judge asked if we'd ever been victims of a crime any crime My mind raced IAd's see my tax dollars are paying for an unjust vvar the last presidential election was stolen my car has been broken into I decided to remain quiet By I I am I was one of the four jurors chosen and everyone else was dismissed Immediately w'e were in the court mom to hear a thanyst ic viol( gice several times while he's lying on the ground and possibly tries to run him over with his car Aunt intervenes coming at nephew with a chair Nephew spits into aunt's face calls her a whore uses the Nord throws a speaker through a glass window and maybe breaks a door Grandfather arrives to break up the fight nearly has a heart attack Ambulance and police are called We adjourned for lunch overwhelmed Our jury of four was Al retired from Xerox and a saxophone player Hans a retired chef and honest-to-Goformer member of the Swiss Army Sherry a pretty fitness expert and me Late in the afternoon we finally retired to deliberate The uncle was on trial for assault What about the 'nephew? lie wasn't charged with anything even though a great deal of the nasty behavior was apparently his We would have liked to charge him with a thing or two Spitting on your aunt really With one or more peace nerds and a guy from Switzerland on our jury there was probably never much hope of a guilty verdict We deliberated 30 or 40 minutes before finding the defendant not guilty Who knows what the real facts of the case are? 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