What personal questions are allowed in voir dire?
In a voir dire, they’re going to ask questions about your educational background, your age and personal questions about your personal history to see whether or not they think you have had any life experiences that are going to bias you one way or the other to be on the jury for the case to which you may be assigned. If you’re in a big jury pool, you may be considered for more than one case, so they may ask you a variety of questions because they don’t want you to be biased or they may want you to be biased one way or the other, depending upon who’s asking the questions. Or they don’t want you to be, again, depending upon who’s asking the questions. It’s difficult to say what kind of questions they’ll ask you in a voir dire, because you don’t know what kind of case you’re going to be assigned to yet, probably.
Related Questions
- I received a Notification for Jury Service, Qualifying Questionnaire and Voir Dire Questionnaire, and I am requesting to be excused. Do I still need to complete the juror questionnaire?
- How much time is allowed to make jury strikes once voir dire is completed?
- What personal questions are allowed in voir dire?
