Go to Mariposa Post Office: Get Drafted for Jury Duty
Glad I went to the post office in Ahwanee today!
Laura Skelton thought she was going to the post office to pick up mail, but instead found herself in Mariposa County Superior Court.She was in good company — 49 other Mariposans also made the mistake of checking their mail on Wednesday afternoon.
Now they’re candidates to decide the fate of a man charged with killing a 60-year-old man in Greeley Hill in 2008. Presiding Judge Dana Walton said that “hundreds” of jury summons were mailed out, but when one-third of the people failed to show up, he had to call in reinforcements.
Calling on a seldom-used civil code procedure, Walton sent court bailiffs out to the busiest part of town — the Mariposa Post Office — to gather up new blood for the jury pool.
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