Sentences with phrase «potential jurors whether»

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

The protest came up repeatedly in court Monday, as the judge asked each potential juror whether they had seen the commotion and whether it could affect their judgment.

Not exact matches

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.

The names are included on a questionnaire for potential jurors, to help prosecutors and defense lawyers assess whether jurors have any relationships with the people named that could prevent the jurors from being impartial.

Each side gets the opportunity to ask potential jurors questions in an attempt to determine whether that juror has any biases or problems being fare to their client.

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.

A spokeswoman for the prosecution service confirmed yesterday that it is asking its 20 Crown offices whether confidential databases were used to probe potential jurors and if the data was disclosed to the defence.