Burroughs v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “We need to be clear about the nature of the Odom rule. It imports an objective test: in the face of a clearly worded question propounded on voir dire examination, one that bears relevance to the case at bar, has the juror withheld substantial information or misrepresented material facts? Voir dire examination is often the most crucial crucible in forging our primary instrument of justice: the fair and impartial jury. Like a fine suit of clothes, a jury must be tailored to fit, and the court and counsel examine prospective jurors under settled rules tending toward that fit. When offering challenges for cause and challenges peremptory, parties and their lawyers must rely on the objective candor and responsiveness of prospective jurors, and nothing turns on who asks the question, so long as it was clearly worded. Following a jury’s verdict, where a party shows that a juror withheld substantial information or misrepresented material facts, and where a full and complete response would have provided a valid basis for challenge for cause, the trial court must grant a new trial, and, failing that, we must reverse on appeal. We presume prejudice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Circus Circus Mississippi, Inc. v. Cushing

2. “[I]s there anything about your knowledge of or your acquaintance with either of the parties in this case or [the] witnesses or the attorneys!,] whether it’s a matter of like or one of dislike or whether it arises from friendship, personal association, business association, fraternal association!,] or otherwise!,] that will make it difficult or embarrassing for you to serve as a juror in this case?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Circus Circus Mississippi, Inc. v. Cushing

3. “As the State's brief points out, the fact that the Pikes, in general, may have referred to the locals as GDIs is not probative with respect to the feelings of each individual member of the fraternal brotherhood. It was the credibility of the individual victims who were going to testify that was relevant and not the credibility of the Pikes, in general, as a fraternal organization.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 984 So. 2d 352 - Dao v. State