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.
Failure to Appear
A willful failure to appear
as ordered in the summons is a petty
misdemeanor.
Persons summoned for jury service and jurors
shall be reimbursed for travel from their
place of actual residence to the courthouse
when their attendance is ordered, at the
rate allowed public officers and employees
per mile of necessary travel. Persons
summoned for jury service and jurors shall
be compensated for their time in travel,
attendance and service at the highest
prevailing state minimum wage rate.
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.
