With potential jurors sworn in, Bexar County inches closer to its first virtual jury trial

By Elizabeth Zavala, San Antonio Express-News, August 21, 2020   
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Bexar County inched closer to making history Wednesday when court officials narrowed a list of 200 summoned for jury duty down to about 60 for the county’s first virtual civil jury trial.

Now they just need to find attorneys willing to test the waters.

“The jurors were wonderful,” Judge Antonia “Toni” Arteaga said Wednesday, following the proceeding, which was held in her 57th Civil District Court. She was pleased that 25 of the jurors, who were supposed to check in online by 9 a.m., had done so the evening before.

Judge Antonia “Toni” Arteaga of the 57th Civil District Court works Tuesday, August 19, 2020 from her chambers as she swears in jurors via the video conferencing program Zoom. The potential jurors were sworn in for Bexar County’s first virtual civil jury trial that is expected to be held next month.
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