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Prospective jurors in the Phil Spector murder trial completed an 18 page questionnaire consisting of 106 questions (some with multiple sub-parts) prior to jury selection in the trial. A copy of the questionnaire is posted on the blog, and can be obtained by clicking here: Juror Questionnaire - Phil Spector Murder Trial (2007). The trial is currently underway and is being broadcast daily on Court TV.
Add comment May 10th, 2007
In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Florida held it was not an abuse of discretion to prohibit defense counsel from showing photographs to potential jurors during jury selection. Defense counsel sought to show the potential jurors an autopsy photograph and ask whether it would cause them to vote for the death penalty. The Court held, in Hoskins v. State, 32 FLW S159 (Fla 2007), that defense counsel was, in effect, trying to seek an advance opinion of the evidence from the jurors, and that since the purpose of voir dire is to obtain an impartial jury, not to obtain a preview of the juror’s opinions about the evidence, it was not an abuse of discretion to prevent the use of the photographs during voir dire.
2 comments May 4th, 2007
