What are the relevant questions to be asked in a jury trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Espinosa, B246238 (Cal. App. 2015):
limited and phrased questions regarding jurors' abilities to follow the law on the use of deadly force and self-defense despite their own beliefs and opinions. The trial court " ' "is in the best position to assess the amount of voir dire required to ferret out latent prejudice, and to judge the responses" ' " (People v. Rogers, supra, 46 Cal.4th at p. 1149), and we discern no error in its judgment here.
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