i still love jury duty

so, i've got a lot of work to catch up on, but after spending seven days in court, we finally reached a verdict yesterday afternoon:
1) NOT GUILTY of possession of marijuana with intent to sell

• GUILTY of possession of marijuana under 28g.

2) NOT GUILTY of possession of ecstasy with intent to sell

• HOPELESSLY DEADLOCKED on the lesser crime of possessing ecstasy (the judge declared a mistrial on this one)

3) GUILTY of possession of ketamine

Marcy, Ernie, Steven, Charlie, Julie, Tina, Chris, Steve, JoAnn, Laurie and Tony were the best co-jurors a person could ask for! Also, if i ever need a criminal defense lawyer, and i can afford him, i'm going to try and hire VINCENT LABARBERA, JR.

Many more details to come!

yesterday, while i arrived at the courthouse...

...i got out of the elevator and bam almost ran into a longtime L.A. news reporter, DAVE LOPEZ. i thought, "whoa" and then he said "hi" and smiled. weird. then i walked down the hall and i saw a Fox 11 tv camera and a couple of people whose names i don't remember but who i've seen on tv even though i really don't watch local news...

they were all there to cover the sentencing of a woman that was taking place in our courtroom! with our judge, and our bailiff, and our court reporter! crazy.

oh yeah, and we STILL didn't reach a verdict.

court, jury duty and things of that nature

i'm still on the jury. final arguments started yesterday. any of you like to make a wager that i will NOT be done after today? BTW we start today at 1.30pm and court closes @ 4.30pm.

there was also a CRAZY INCIDENT at the courthouse yesterday; it happened right as we were leaving. we could see smoke coming off the building, and AlSto said the cop said it happened on the sixth floor. i had NO idea it was something this insane.

i've spent a lot of time at the courthouse this past week; maybe i'll try to retrace this guy's last moments.