Can a limitation on voir dire apply to prospective jurors who did not sit on defendant's jury?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Edwards, 161 Cal.Rptr.3d 191, 306 P.3d 1049, 57 Cal.4th 658 (Cal. 2013):
As to the prospective jurors who did not sit on defendant's jury, even assuming error, no prejudice could have resulted from any limitation on voir dire. ( People v. Roldan (2005) 35 Cal.4th 646, 692, 27 Cal.Rptr.3d 360, 110 P.3d 289.)
[57 Cal.4th 747]
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