Section 21.50 Need to Prepare

• Library: Criminal Practice 2012 Supp

4. (§21.50) Need to Prepare

How counsel conducts voir dire depends largely on the facts of the case. Counsel should have an extensive knowledge of not only counsel’s own case, but the opponent’s case as well.

A large volume of research is available on the psychology and dynamics of juries. Much of it is contradictory! The folklore among lawyers about who makes a good or bad juror often tends toward the ridiculous, and it is often based on unwarranted presumptions about the attitudes and behavior of certain...