How have courts treated defense counsel's questions in a trial on Voir dire?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Guerin, 22 Cal.App.3d 775, 99 Cal.Rptr. 573 (Cal. App. 1972):

On Voir dire, defense counsel sought to interrogate veniremen on sundry issues of law. The trial court allowed a considerable leeway in such questioning but eventually shut counsel off, pointing out that it was the function of the court to instruct on the law. The rulings were, if anything, more favorable to defendant than he was entitled to. (People v. Love (1960) 53 Cal.2d 843, 851--852, 3 Cal.Rptr. 665, 350 P.2d 705.)

[22 Cal.App.3d 784]

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