Sentences with phrase «potential jurors during»

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During the voir dire process the potential jurors come in and they're asked a series of questions by the parties and by the judge to determine whether each potential juror can be completely unbiased and impartial and objective, to make sure they're not biased towards one party or the other.

During jury selection, Judge Vincent Briccetti asked potential jurors whether they heard of any other state political corruption cases.

Potential jurors in the federal bribery trial of Queens state Sen. Malcolm Smith were asked Monday if they recognized any names on a list of possible witnesses or people who would be mentioned during the trial — and nearly all of the 48 in the White Plains court said they knew only of Bloomberg.

During jury selection, one potential juror told the court that she had donated to a campaign by Liu.

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

During questioning about juror exposure to the literature, only one potential juror said that he was approached but that he declined to accept the information.

Evan Brown's Internet Cases blog flagged an interesting case over the weekend coming out of Morris County, N.J. Brown writes that the courthouse in that county provides wireless internet access, and during jury selection, plaintiffs counsel in a medical malpractice case began using his laptop to «Google» potential jurors to gain additional information about them.

During voir dire for a DUI case, Seidler asked potential jurors questions such as whether they liked animals, whether they could «envision the coffee table in front of them» or describe a house that they might see if, hypothetically, they were in a forest and came to a clearing.

He provides information that potential jurors need to know to make it through voir dire, such as that disclosing a distrust of law enforcement, disagreement with the laws, and so on during voir dire will almost certainly assure an individual friendly to the defendant will be eliminated from the jury.

This film has some great lessons for potential jurors, including the intensity of the psychology and interpersonal dynamics during deliberations, the need to be skeptical of the prosecution's case, the gravity of what is at stake for the defendant as compared to the minor inconveniences for jurors, and so on.

Voir dire is the process during which lawyers question potential jurors in order to determine their ability to be objective members of a jury during a criminal or civil trial.

During juror selection (voir dire) a potential jurors can be asked questions to determine their suitability to serve on the jury.