Editor s note: Mondays will be reserved for picking juries for circuit court cases, such as felony trials and major civil matters, while Tuesdays are set aside for county court cases, such as misdemeanors and smaller civil actions. This story has been revised to correctly reflect that schedule.
Officials with the clerk s office say that the hundreds of residents who have been summoned to the Marion County Judicial Center on Monday and Tuesday for jury service won t have to worry about health safety.
How, in the era of COVID-19, will this work?
The clerk s office said 450 people have been called to the courthouse on Monday for possible jury service on a felony trial. Another 225 people are summoned to show up Tuesday for possible service in civil trials.