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Code-a-Phone System
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Emergency
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Failure to Appear
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Compensation
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Meals
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Function of Jurors
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Chapters 1-6
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Chapters 13-18
For the
convenience of the jury panel, code-a-phone systems have
been installed in the Clerk’s offices.
The telephone numbers are:
CHAVES COUNTY – 1-800-888-5017
or ROSWELL 627-6550
EDDY COUNTY – 1-800-357-4740 or
CARLSBAD 885-4740
LEA COUNTY 1-800-727-0278 or
LOVINGTON 396-4375
By calling between the hours of
5:30 p.m. in the evening and 8:00 a.m. in the morning,
members of the jury panel will be given a report on the
next reporting date and time.
Sometimes cases are settled or
disposed of in some manner shortly before trial. By
calling, jurors can be advised of day to day settings,
and reporting dates.
If you wish to be excused for
any reason you should call the clerk’s office during
business hours, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
If further instructions are
needed on this system please contact your clerk’s
office.
If illness or other
emergency requires that you be delayed or absent,
telephone the Clerk’s office, promptly.
Willful failure to
appear as a juror is a criminal offense.
Jurors may be
reimbursed for mileage for traveling to and from their
place of residence to the court at the rate of 25 cents
per mile. In addition a juror may receive compensation
for each hour in attendance and service as jurors at the
prevailing minimum wage rate for New Mexico.
The court may provide
meals to jurors who are deliberating on a case. You are
not required to eat with other jurors except when you
are in deliberation or otherwise restricted by the judge
Jurors judge the
facts in both criminal and civil cases. In a criminal
case a jury determines the guilt or innocence of a
person accused of committing a criminal offense. In a
civil case a jury determines disputes involving money,
property and other things of
value.
