Section 7.3 Purpose of Jury Selection

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B. (§7.3) Purpose of Jury Selection

“The essential purpose of voir dire is to provide for the selection of a fair and impartial jury through questions which permit the intelligent development of facts which may form the basis of challenges for cause, and to learn such facts as might be useful in intelligently executing peremptory challenges.” Pollard v. Whitener, 965 S.W.2d 281, 286 (Mo. App. W.D. 1998). “[V]oir dire provides an opportunity to expose prejudices or biases that would prevent prospective...