Sentences with phrase «of potential jurors»

During the jury selection process, the judge and attorneys will question the pool of potential jurors regarding pertinent matters of the case.

Quite a lot of information that may be useful, say, if you were to be on my list of potential jurors for a major case.

This is the process of picking a jury by asking questions of potential jurors.

The questionnaire followed a debate between prosecutors and the defense over how many questions should be asked of potential jurors.

In jury selection, it's the group of potential jurors.

During jury selection, the judge questions a pool of potential jurors to determine their suitability for the particular case.

But there are serious flaws in how the courts gather data to create lists of potential jurors, and serious flaws in the way those potential jurors are contacted.

The attorney selects the layout of the jury pool by specifying the number of potential jurors in columns and rows.

The suggestion is to take away advocates» ability to exercise «peremptory strikes» (i.e., the ability to reject a fixed number of potential jurors without stating any reason).

The Act was challenged by an Aboriginal man when his lawyer drew the judge's attention to the fact that no one in the pool of potential jurors for his client's trial appeared to be Aboriginal.

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg reprised his role as a public servant today, joining a pool of dozens of potential jurors in an assault and coercion case in Manhattan.

Thaler v. Haynes involves a defense objection under Batson v. Kentucky (pdf)(1986) to the prosecution's peremptory strike of a potential juror; Batson forbids striking potential jurors from a panel solely based on race.

With Voltaire, I can develop rich social - psychological profiles of potential jurors, in a matter of hours.

Hundreds of potential jurors came to the courthouse Wednesday to fill out questionnaires, the first step toward selection of a jury for a trial set to start March 12.

Public Defender Gideon reports that fiscally and emotionally unhinged jurors are causing problems for the system, while the WSJ Law Blog reports on an L.A. case where half of all potential jurors were excused for financial hardship.

The vast majority of states outside of the commonwealth permit a process whereby the judge and the attorneys inquire of potential jurors regarding their attitudes and beliefs on issues involved in the case.

If the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case influences the dominant narrative that pops into our minds when we address the kinds of questions Prof. Thompson poses, then it may pervert our perspective as a society of potential jurors.

All of those methods of compiling lists of potential jurors lead to sending far too many jury summonses to white, prosperous suburbanites.

Depending on your court's local rules, you will have to prepare voir dire questions, which are questions to be asked of potential jurors during jury selection.

Voir dire examination serves to protect that right by exposing possible biases, both known and unknown, on the part of potential jurors.

In this year's updated version, we have added several new chapters on the benefits of Focus Groups — a highly successful method for gaining insight into the minds of potential jurors.

A judge in Montgomery County, Maryland, denied a request to allow research of potential jurors because it could have a chilling effect on jury service if they knew they were going to be Googled as soon as they walked into the courthouse.

On the day of a trial the court brings in a large number of potential jurors who have been selected from the voting rolls or driver's license information or some other similar government list.

From Pachacutec (Huffington Post), blogging last month about the examination of potential jurors in the Libby trial, and quoting «one of the day's last potential jurors -LSB-,] a young defense attorney from one of the law firms in town»:

peremptory challenge: When a side in a case asks the court to get rid of a potential juror.

On Feb. 22, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding the «demeanor - based» rejection of a potential juror in a death penalty case.

The name and address of the potential juror is the only information provided to the Sheriff.

In every jury trial, both the Crown prosecutor and the defence can automatically reject a set number of potential jurors through what are known as peremptory challenges.

Another round of potential jurors in the Noor Salman case will come to Orlando's federal courthouse Thursday.

During jury selection for a July 29, 2015 trespassing trial involving human rights activist Caryn Sodaro, Judge Nicole M. Rodarte added an atypical question of the potential jurors, the wording of which was carefully constructed prior to jury selection, «Were you approached by anyone who handed you information on your way to jury duty?»

Mr. Silver's trial began in a stately courtroom in the Thurgood Marshall United States Court House in Lower Manhattan, as dozens of potential jurors were ushered into the room.

TORONTO — Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, today ordered Crown attorneys to cease collecting any personal information of potential jurors, beyond that which is necessary under the Juries Act and Criminal Code.

With CaseXplorer, you can build detailed online surveys and poll a large, diverse pool of potential jurors.

Sheila Bristo, acting director of the corporate planning branch at the Ministry of the Attorney General, had managers at each Superior Court location contact local band chiefs in order to get an updated list of potential jurors.

Based on those answers, the parties agreed to exclude some of the potential jurors, while the cases of 13 others led to a discussion in court on Friday.

She adds that Canada, unlike the United States, does not ask extensive and intrusive questions of its potential jurors.

He will also want to know if any of the potential jurors have ever been sued or sued anyone previously.

The process begins by the judge asking certain basic questions to make sure that all of the potential jurors meet the minimum qualifications to be a juror.

Once an entire jury is seated and no party has tried to strike any of the potential jurors for cause or by using a peremptory strike, the jury is generally sworn in and the trial moves on to the next step, often preliminary instructions or opening statements.

During jury voir dire, counsel can ask questions of potential jurors to ferret out inherent biases.

In the pool of potential jurors, quite a few expressed reservations about chiropractors.

The Appeal Court ordered a retrial but the Supreme Court ruled the province had done an adequate job of trying to get Indigenous people on the list of potential jurors.