21 Cal. App. 3d 972 - People v. Adams’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
April 1992
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Duncan v. State of Louisiana · 46 Cal. 2d 818 - People v. Watson · 55 Cal. 2d 27 - People v. Sweeney · People v. Terry
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“We have noted a tendency on the part of trial judges throughout the state to place too literal an interpretation upon what is the duty of the trial court to examine prospective jurors,' and to pay too little attention to the right of a `reasonable examination of prospective jurors by counsel' for the People and, particularly, counsel for the defendant.... The purpose of the statute, however, was not to bring about expedition by depriving either the People, or defendants charged with the commission of offenses, of the right of a reasonable examination of prospective jurors, and the Legislature was particular to provide for that right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Every experienced trial counsel knows that it is an unrealistic fiction to assume that a series of generalized questions asked by a trial judge of the jury panel as a whole can as effectively probe the recesses of a juror's mind and determine his or her real attitudes and prejudices as can individual questions propounded by trial counsel. An attorney who is fully acquainted with his case and actively pursuing a determination as to the individual juror's actual state of mind is in a superior position to pursue the interrogation in particular areas; ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is commonplace knowledge that there have been extensive abuses by counsel on voir dire examination by engaging in tedious and time-wasting questions, which are seemingly interminable and repetitious and designed in many instances to accomplish purposes other than the legitimate objects of a reasonable voir dire examination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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