How much time is allowed to make jury strikes once voir dire is completed?
The court has no specific time limits. The court tries to allocate the amount of time requested by counsel. Factors to consider are how long and exhaustive voir dire has been, how many counsel/team members have been helping with voir dire, the nature of the case, and impending deadlines (such as a 5:00 p.m. deadline with jurors who need to leave). 10. Please list three “do’s” and three “don’t’s” for jury selection in your Court. DO 1. Ask lots of open-ended questions — let the jurors talk — listen to what they are saying. 2. Be considerate of true hardships in agreeing to release some jurors. 3. DO try to use the process to learn about the jurors, as opposed to trying to persuade them to a particular point of view. DON’T 1. Don’t leave your common sense, humility, consideration of others, and personality at the office (if you don’t have any of these traits, bring co-counsel). 2. Don’t EVER move to strike or say “we’ll agree to let him go” or “Judge, we can let Juror 1 go” in front of
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