Section 21.47 Keep Purposes of Voir Dire in Mind

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1. (§21.47) Keep Purposes of Voir Dire in Mind

Counsel’s primary objectives in questioning prospective jurors are to lay the basis for challenges for cause and to obtain enough information about the jurors to make intelligent peremptory strikes.

One of the goals of the voir dire is to gain background information about the prospective jurors. This inquiry is legitimate because jurors must be qualified according to statute. See the discussion in §21.9 above. As noted in §21.38 above, jury questionnaires can be an...