The Voir Dire Process

Once the jury panel has been chosen, then voir dire commences, which is the process of selecting a jury from a jury panel. It is important to understand that once voir dire commences, the concern is not to ensure that the jury represents a fair cross-section of the community. Instead, voir dire is concerned with the selection of jury members who can be impartial, as the Sixth Amendment requires. The term voirdire means "to see what is said." At this stage, the judge, prosecutor, and defense have an opportunity to review potential jurors for evidence of bias.

After reading Chapter 13 about the trial process... consider yourself as the defense attorney .... what questions do you think you would need to ask potential jurors during this process.

Pose and defend one question in each of your three postings... make sure to attach them to your peer who notes similar ideas.