Sentences with phrase «find potential jurors»

Most courts use government records to find potential jurors.

Therefore, it may become more common for a judge to ask the deputy to find potential jurors.»

Not exact matches

Speaking to potential jurors, the judge said: «This is an important case and we have to find a jury able to try it.»

If someone complained about the judge's conduct to a judicial ethics body in Texas, the judge would very likely receive a private reprimand or maybe if the ethics panel was particularly incensed, a public reprimand, but only because he lost his cool on the bench, not because he required the potential juror to stick around until another suitable case could be found.

Also, the judge is within his rights to punish the potential juror if he determines that the potential juror is actually lying about his ability to be impartial in an effort to evade jury service rather than because he sincerely believes that he can't be fair, and judges have wide authority to determine the credibility and truthfulness of statements made to him in open court (i.e. if the trial judge finds that you are lying, this determination will almost always be honored by an appellate court considering the judge's actions).

Would you like some new and inexpensive ways to: prove that an ex-spouse can afford to pay child support, find a disgruntled former employee who knows where the skeletons are hidden, locate assets of a judgment debtor, serve process when you don't have a current address, identify an expert witness, find lost heirs, or uncover bias in potential jurors?

Social media now allows us to find out what people are thinking; in the US they can do research on the potential jurors before the trial.

The need for the expert assistance to clarify technical matters for triers of fact should, he reasoned, be «assessed in light of its potential to distort the fact - finding process» — for example, by wasting time or confusing jurors.

In a high - stakes copyright fight pitting two Silicon Valley tech giants — Oracle and Google — against each other earlier this year, the presiding judge found the dangers of researching potential jurors on the internet outweighed any potential benefit in that case.

Some jurors find it odd, even insulting, that before the trial begins, attorneys from both sides will question potential jurors about a wide range of topics to find jurors who likely will be impartial.

Based on the findings of the investigation, the Commissioner is ordering Crown attorneys to cease collecting any personal information of potential jurors beyond that which is permitted under the Juries Act and the Criminal Code, relevant to criminal conviction eligibility.