Section 15.10 Voir Dire: Format, Specific Questions and Scenarios, and Breaking the Ice and Warming the Room

• Library: DWI 2014 FORMS

The following is a list of possible topics for voir dire and jury questionnaires, including some that could be phrased as scaled questions:

Possible Jury Topics for Voir Dire and

Jury Questionnaires

1. Personal background:

a. Hours of TV watched and favorite TV shows

b. Newspapers, magazines, and newsletters you read

c. Number of books read last year, this year so far

d. People you admire most

e. People you do not admire

f. How many brothers and sisters

g. Married and how long

h. Past marriages

i. Children and their backgrounds

j. Grandchildren and their backgrounds

k. Driving and how many miles

l. Accidents in last five years

m. Military experience and details: rank, positions, and duties

2. Educational background:

a. Schools attended

b. Specific courses:

(1) Biological science

(2) Physical science

(3) Social science

(4) Alcohol

(5) Drugs

(6) Treatment of addiction

c. Seminars attended on the above topics or in any way related to alcohol, intoxication, treatment, or counseling of alcohol or drug offenders

3. Employment experience:

a. Current position and how long

b. Supervisor or boss

c. Duties

d. Past employment and how long

e. Past positions

f. Supervisory experience

g. Retired

4. Jury experience:

a. Past jury duty

b. Past jury foreperson

c. Criminal trial

d. Attitudes toward jury service

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