Free Proposed Voir Dire - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
_ FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE O
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
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I v. g Criminal Action No. 07-89-JJF
MARZETTE KING, g g A
p Defendant. 5 l
l GOVERNMENT’S REQUEST FOR SPECIAL VOIR DIRE Q
The government, through undersigned counsel, hereby moves the Court to utilize the following ;
_ questions when conducting voir dire in the above- captioned case:
` l. Does the length of this trial or the schedule contemplated by the court present a special
i problem to any member of the panel?
. ‘2. Has any member ofthe panel heard or read anything about this case?
3. Has any member of the panel or your immediate family (defined as your spouse, child,
parent or sibling) or close friend had any business, social or personal dealings with either E
_ counsel — Christopher J. Burke, Esquire or Luis A. Ortiz, Esquire — or with the United
` States Attorney’s Office or the Office of the Federal Public Defender? A
4. Has any member of the panel or your immediate family or close friend had any business, l
social or personal dealings with the defendant, Marzette King?

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l 5. Members of the panel, I am now going to read the names of witnesses who may be called
in this case [witness lists to be provided]. Does any member of the panel know any of
these persons?
6. Has any member of the panel ever served as a juror in a criminal or a civil case or as a
member of a grand jury in either a federal or state court? H
7. Has any member ofthe panel ever been involved, in any court, in a criminal matter, other
than a minor traffic offense, that concemed yourself} amember of your immediate family
or a close friend, either as the subject of an investigation, a defendant, a witness, or a
victim? l
8. Has any member of the panel, a member of your immediate family, or a close friend had ,
. T any dealings with — including being employed by, investigated by, or having any other
association with - a law enforcement agency?
9. Would the fact that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the
Wilmington Police Department are the primary investigating agencies in this case
interfere with your ability to be fair and impartial?
10. This cases involves allegations regarding the possession of a firearm. Has any member ·
n of the panel had any experiences with firearms or does any member of the panel have
l views about firearms that would interfere with your ability to be fair and impartial? E
1 1. Is there any member of the panel who has any special disability or problem that would
` ‘ make serving as a member ofthe jury difficult or impossible? 1

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12. Having heard the questions put to you by the Court, does any other reason suggest itself
to you as to why you could not sit on this jury and render a fair and impartial verdict
- based on the evidence presented to you and based on the Court’s legal instructions?
Respectfully submitted,
_ COLM F. CONNOLLY
United States Attorney
i BY: {5- M
Christopher J. Burke
Assistant United States Attorney .
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Dated: April 7, 2008 _ l
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