Sentences with phrase «whether jurors»

It raises the question of whether jurors can be placed in an absolute vacuum, devoid of any engagement with our ever - evolving culture.

Reading this case made me wonder whether jurors would be inflamed by such opening statements.

Assuming you are being tried by a jury, for the most part it depends on whether the jurors believe the statement.

It raises the question of whether jurors can be placed in an absolute vacuum, devoid of any engagement with our ever - evolving culture.

Nevertheless, the question was narrowed to whether the jurors were being asked to perform a medical diagnosis when they touched the plaintiff's hands.

He had concerns about whether jurors should receive a transcript of Spence's testimony, rather than the read - back jurors had requested in their note.

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.

Some in the courtroom, who had to do shoveling and snowplowing of their own earlier in the day, wondered aloud whether every juror would make it in.

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.

However, polling the jury to ascertain whether each juror agrees on each of the «particulars» discussed above would be an «impermissible» reason to exercise this discretion.

Indeed, there was no case squarely dealing with whether a juror may employ the sense of touch to confirm an aspect of a medical expert's diagnosis.

For example, if you want to find out whether a juror has any bias against award damages for wrongful death claims, you might ask it this way:

Not exact matches

But whether because of unspecific questions or untruths, jurors who support the death penalty probably won't say they would administer capital punishment regardless of mitigating factors, like Tsarnaev's age and his apparent remorse — even though they might.

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 presiding judge ordered jurors to resume deliberation after a discrepancy relating to whether she was fired in retaliation for making discrimination claims.

Whether 12 ordinary citizens can ignore as jurors what they know as human beings is another question.

«And you have to think about whether you really want jurors who don't have knowledge or opinions.

But we jurors may have only those portions of it which the attorneys and the judge decide we must know in order to decide whether the defendant is guilty of the specific charge against him — no more, no less, and very little other, however interesting and important it might be.

But differences in opinion surfaced as jurors moved on to whether Cryns was guilty of manslaughter after the birth, Drath said.

After weighing whether to declare a mistrial in the case of a midwife charged with the death of a newborn, a Lake County circuit judge opted Sunday night to let the jurors go home to their families and resume deliberations Monday.

In halting deliberations later, he would not say whether he intended to honor the jurors» requests.

When asked whether any exception would be made for the juror who was to attend the wedding, Booras said «No comment.»

Vaizey - who has hinted that he could challenge Sadiq Khan for mayor of London - will be one of the jurors called upon to help decide whether to convict or acquit the king.

Nearly six weeks after the corruption trial began, jurors Thursday afternoon were dispatched by U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni to begin deliberations into whether Percoco, a longtime confidante of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, used his top government post to enrich himself via bribes paid by two companies with business before the state.

Showing some of the complexities of a case — which includes jurors having to decide whether actions Percoco took constituted «official acts» — Caproni wrote 44 pages of instructions she read to jurors on Thursday in the lower Manhattan courtroom.

Next up on the agenda — again before jurors entered the courtroom — was the question of whether Azrack would allow testimony about Anthony Gulino, owner of Residential Fence Corp. and Laser Industries, and his campaign contributions to Mangano.

According to the Daily News, another juror sent a different, slightly more passive - aggressive note shortly after, complaining that «One of the jurors is having difficulty distinguishing whether or not exchanging state funds for something in return is illegal.»

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.

@Barmar the weasel word opens up the possibility of a reasonable person standard, meaning that jurors wouldn't have to determine whether they actually think the accused had such an intention, but only whether a «reasonable person» might make such a determination.

A second note came shortly afterward, apparently from a different unidentified juror, stating that one of the jurors — the note did not specify which one — was having difficulty distinguishing whether or not giving New York State funds for «something in return is illegal.»

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

«This is not about whether the political beliefs of the BNP are right or wrong,» he told jurors on Thursday.

The federal judge presiding over the Malcolm Smith corruption case is leaving it up to the jurors to decide whether there should be a mistrial.

Then came another juror note, informing Caproni, «One of the Juror's is having difficulty distinguishing whether exchanging NYS funds for something in return is illegal» and asking if an Assembly ethics code «clearly outlines... this is the case.&rjuror note, informing Caproni, «One of the Juror's is having difficulty distinguishing whether exchanging NYS funds for something in return is illegal» and asking if an Assembly ethics code «clearly outlines... this is the case.&rJuror's is having difficulty distinguishing whether exchanging NYS funds for something in return is illegal» and asking if an Assembly ethics code «clearly outlines... this is the case.»

Carman in his closing argument earlier this week said jurors could not decide whether his client lied to FBI agents as alleged because those agents did not make verbatim notes of Linda Mangano's statements.

Shapiro insisted that jurors never focused on the question of whether Skelos actually agreed to sell his vote, because they were told that just agreeing to meet with a lobbyist was enough.

Juror Julie Gardner, a Glens Falls mother of three and operator at an insurance company call center, said the Legislature needs to take a serious look at whether part - time duty to the public makes sense if outside work presents conflicts.

Each juror will choose whether or not to vote in favor of your conviction by flipping a coin: If it lands on heads, then it's off with yours; if the coin lands on tails, then you are spared.

Thivisol's best actress prize at Venice occasioned a series of articles in Variety and elsewhere about whether or not what she did was acting (one of the jurors at Venice, Anjelica Huston, pointed out to me in an interview that there were only four female lead performances, including Thivisol's, among the 20 or so competition films).

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Whether you agree or disagree with the juror's selection, seeing this region's art through the eyes of an outsider is always instructive.

Asking the jurors during a post-trial hearing whether the amount written on Verdict Form B represents their agreement reached during deliberations directly impeaches the verdict.

The appeals court rejected Sienkowski's argument, holding that under Indiana law a party can not attack the validity of a verdict by juror testimony about jury deliberations unless it relates to (1) drug or alcohol use by any juror, (2) the question of whether extraneous prejudicial information was improperly brought to the jury's attention or (3) whether any outside influence was improperly brought to bear upon any juror.

In order to be effective on behalf of clients, whether in a criminal or civil case, attorneys must be ready and willing to delve into questions that may be on the jurors» minds about evidence that was not presented — e.g., Why didn't the police get fingerprints off of the victim's t - shirt?

Certainly, much has been written about the so - called «CSI Effect» on juries — the debate over whether movie and television crime dramas instill in jurors unreasonable expectations about evidence collection.

Juror Dennis DeMartin, who wrote in a book about how he drank three vodkas one night during the trial to help him determine whether the defendant was unfit to drive when he crashed his car and killed someone.

Answer: For $ 295, Jury Scout will monitor a prospective juror's public social - media profile to help you decide whether that person would likely agree or disagree with your client's case.

Although jurors have the power to nullify, whether or not the have the legal right to do so is still in question.

Beginning in the 1800s, however, courts began to try to curb the practice of juror nullification by eliminating instructions that explained it and instead telling juries they had to apply the law to the facts no matter whether they personally liked the law or not.

As a side note, the prosecution very arguably should not have any say whatsoever regarding whether the trial court judge instructs the jurors about the lesser - included offense.