Michigan Sample Questions, Voir Dire Examination
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(d) Not have served as a petit or grand juror in a court of record during the preceding 12 months. (e) Not have been convicted of a felony. (2) A person more than 70 years of age may claim exemption from jury service and must be exempt upon making the request.
Voir Dire and Jury Selection gather information about individual prospective jurors regarding their potential to be fair-minded and impartial, and to apply the law as instructed; educate the jury about the parties' respective theories of the case; develop a rapport with, and earn the trust and respect of, the jury;
During voir dire the lawyers may ask the judge to excuse a juror from sitting on the case. This is called "challenging a juror". There are two types of challenges: a challenge for cause and a peremptory challenge.
You are required to answer and return this Qualification Questionnaire within 10 days after receiving it. Refusing to answer or making untruthful answers could result in fine, imprisonment, or both for contempt of court.
The judge and attorneys ask the potential jurors questions, general or related to the specific case before them, to determine their suitability to serve on the jury. This process is called voir dire, which typically results in some prospective jurors being excused, based on their answers, from serving in that trial.
Often, jurors will be asked to state the neighborhood or area they live in, their profession, whether they have children, are married, and so on. This kind of information helps the judge and lawyers get a feel for the potential jurors, and might even inform an attorney's decision to use a challenge on someone.
Do you think there are too many, too few or about the right number of lawsuits? What is a ?frivolous lawsuit?? How can you determine what is a ?real? case and what is a ?frivolous? case? Do you think some people file ?frivolous lawsuits?? Why or why not?
As a general matter, questions during the voir dire process tend to be very general, such as asking about marriage, children, education, whether you know any of the people involved in the trial, etc. Thus, most of these questions are ones that just about everyone can answer publicly.
