Criminal Motion

Lawyers are given the chance to further question jurors during in-person selection. Either side can ask a judge to dismiss a juror for cause, meaning they believe a juror is biased or lacks the ability to serve.They raised concerns that those jurors may have been rejected because of their race.

Jury selection occurs in three stages; compiling a master list, summoning the venire and, conducting voir dire. The first step in the jury selection is the compilation of a master jury list.

After removing a juror, the judge may grant a motion for mistrial. However, judges are generally loathe to declare a mistrial, which stops the trial without a verdict and may lead to the prosecutor to seek a new trial.

Step 1: Selection of a Jury. Step 2: The Trial. Step 3: Jury Deliberations. Step 1: Selection of a Jury. Step 2: The Trial. Step 3: Jury Deliberations.

A request that a prospective juror be dismissed because there is a specific and forceful reason to believe the person cannot be fair, unbiased or capable of serving as a juror.

Although lawyers don't have to give a reason for using a peremptory, they may not use them in order to rid the jury of people of a certain race, religion, gender, or other protected status. If a pattern begins to emergethe prosecutor excuses every Black juror but no White membersthe judge will intervene.

Primary tabs. A challenge that aims to disqualify a potential juror for some stated reason. Typical reasons include bias, prejudice, or prior knowledge that would prevent impartial evaluation of the evidence presented in court.

How are potential jurors picked? They are randomly selected from sources that may include various lists, such as voter registra- tion lists and lists of licensed drivers and identifi- cation cardholders (from the Department of Motor Vehicles).

Prospective juror means an individual whose name is selected from a source pool but who has not yet been screened for disqualification, excusal, or exemption.