The Judge then handed the floor to the plaintiff attorney Richard Whitley introduced himself and his client which was named Michelle Moore. The defendant name was Joshua Muniz. He stated that the case was a motor vehicle accident and had already been trialed at a criminal court, which Defendant Muniz had plead guilty and was on probation and has severed community service for committing the crime. Moore was now suing for Punitive damages and mental anguish for damages that were occurred during the accident.
Whitley then began to ask the jurors a series of questions and the jury members started to respond to the questions by raising their hands. I was very surprised that people were actually being themselves and replying to the plaintiff’s questions …show more content…
The defendant attorney asked the question “If anyone felt that Moore should be able to claim or ask for mental anguish? One of the jurors raised their hand and said that she feel that it is impossible for someone to measure or even claim mental anguish. The plaintiff face turned red.
In my opinion, I felt that the plaintiff was being very dramatic. She was showing so much emotion in the Voir Dior process. When the Jury panel was dismissed for striking she stood up and was crying and was trying to get the defendant attention. She kept looking at Muniz hoping that he would turn to look at her in her direction. This was the most interesting part to me.
When you think of a court setting people always imagine the T.V. show “Judge Judy”, or the “People’s Court”. The truth of the matter is, the court process is nothing like what you see on television. I have learned that real life versus reality television is very different. The court process is very time consuming. I learned that this process was very drawn out and very lengthy. I manage to be there for almost 3 hours and made it only for the Vo Dior process. I wanted to see the trail and hear the facts of the case, but it was going to be after their lunch break. When you are watching the court show or your favorite movie that have a trial scene they do not show the process of how the jury is selected. This was very interesting to me. I feel
Whitley then began to ask the jurors a series of questions and the jury members started to respond to the questions by raising their hands. I was very surprised that people were actually being themselves and replying to the plaintiff’s questions …show more content…
The defendant attorney asked the question “If anyone felt that Moore should be able to claim or ask for mental anguish? One of the jurors raised their hand and said that she feel that it is impossible for someone to measure or even claim mental anguish. The plaintiff face turned red.
In my opinion, I felt that the plaintiff was being very dramatic. She was showing so much emotion in the Voir Dior process. When the Jury panel was dismissed for striking she stood up and was crying and was trying to get the defendant attention. She kept looking at Muniz hoping that he would turn to look at her in her direction. This was the most interesting part to me.
When you think of a court setting people always imagine the T.V. show “Judge Judy”, or the “People’s Court”. The truth of the matter is, the court process is nothing like what you see on television. I have learned that real life versus reality television is very different. The court process is very time consuming. I learned that this process was very drawn out and very lengthy. I manage to be there for almost 3 hours and made it only for the Vo Dior process. I wanted to see the trail and hear the facts of the case, but it was going to be after their lunch break. When you are watching the court show or your favorite movie that have a trial scene they do not show the process of how the jury is selected. This was very interesting to me. I feel