Register at the JPORTAL website and complete your juror questionnaire. You can sign up for text or email notifications or request an excusal or deferral.The purpose of this questioning is to find out if that person can be fair and impartial. One of the attorneys may "challenge a juror for cause. 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). After the voir dire process, the judge will select a panel of jurors to hear the case. If you decide to accept a plea bargain, you will be asked to give up your right to have a jury trial. I submitted a request to be excused due to undue hardship based on this rule: "The prospective juror must travel an excessive distance. When a demand for jury trial is included in a pleading, the demand must be set forth at the end of the pleading. Picking a jury in a capital case was far more onerous than in a typical homicide case.