The portal will provide the time. You'll go to the second floor of the courthouse, they'll take the paper slip you got and then you wait.You will be required to make only one appearance in court for jury selections held that day, or serve for one trial (jury selection may take more than one day). Next, I will define the crimes charged in this case, explain the law that applies to those definitions, and spell out the elements of each charged crime. Authorities in Santa Clara County are warning the public about a recent juryrelated scam that is happening across the country. United States District Court Jury Office 280 South 1st Street, 2nd Floor San Jose, CA 95113. I have seen prospective jurors say something like, "I am prejudiced against Hispanics" in an obvious attempt to get excused. All jurors must complete the qualification questionnaire even if you are making a request to be excused or rescheduled. The Criminal Grand Jury is impaneled for three-month terms and is selected at random from the list of trial jurors in civil and criminal cases. In a landmark case in 1986, the Supreme Court finally changed the legal requirements for proving a peremptory strike is racially biased.