jurors as to their prejudices and biases which

Uniform Rules for District Courts of the State of Wyoming

Rule: 801

Jurisdiction: WY

Bluebook Citation: Wyo. Unif. Dist. Ct. R. 801

would interfere with their ability to decide the case fairly. Hopkinson v. State, 632 P.2d 79, 1981 Wyo. LEXIS 357 (Wyo. 1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 922, 102 S. Ct. 1280, 71 L. Ed. 2d 463, 1982 U.S. LEXIS 698 (U.S. 1982). Voir dire to be conducted under super- vision of trial judge. — Voir dire is to be conducted under the supervision and control of the trial judge, in whose judgment deference is given in determining the permissible bounds. Hopkinson v. State, 632 P.2d 79, 1981 Wyo. LEXIS 357 (Wyo. 1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 922, 102 S. Ct. 1280, 71 L. Ed. 2d 463, 1982 U.S. LEXIS 698 (U.S. 1982). Questions as to child discipline and jus- tification for taking human life properly refused. — In a murder case where the ac- cused was a victim of abuse by the deceased, there was no abuse of discretion in the refusal of the trial court to permit the defendant to raise specific questions relating to child disci- pline with members of the jury panel, as such questions were not designed to reveal bias or prejudice but to obtain the reaction of potential jurors to the defendant’s defense theory and to anticipated evidence, and there was no error in refusing permission to the defendant to ques- tion jurors about their attitudes with respect to justification for the taking of a human life. Jahnke v. State, 682 P.2d 991, 1984 Wyo. LEXIS 292 (Wyo. 1984), overruled, Vaughn v. State, 962 P.2d 149, 1998 Wyo. LEXIS 97 (Wyo. 1998). Not examining bias waives claim of prejudice. — A failure to directly and plainly examine jurors with respect to a particular basis for bias or prejudice constitutes a waiver of a later claim of prejudice. If the jurors do not respond to the defendant’s questions and the defendant has concerns about whether any of the jurors are prejudiced, he may challenge them for cause, as permitted under § 7-11-104. Hamburg v. State, 820 P.2d 523, 1991 Wyo. LEXIS 166 (Wyo. 1991), reh’g denied, 1991 Wyo. LEXIS 189 (Wyo. Dec. 4, 1991). Law reviews. — For article, “The Greatest Lawyer in the World (The Maturing of Janice Walker),” see XIV Land & Water L. Rev. 135 (1979).

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