In a voir dire proceeding, where the parties do not have complete information regarding the occupations of the prospective jurors or the members of their households, what is the proper procedure?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Miller, 17-2140-cr (2nd Cir. 2018):

That said, where, as here, the parties do not have complete information regarding the occupations of the prospective jurors or the members of their households, we think the better practice is to determine whether such relationships exist and then to probe whether those relationships might prevent a prospective juror from being fair and impartialnot to rely on the jurors to make the latter assessment in the first instance. Though we are mindful that "[t]he Constitution . . . does not dictate a catechism for voir dire," Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719, 729 (1992), and that voir dire proceedings ultimately depend to a large degree on the veracity of prospective jurors, this procedure would decrease the risk that a prospective juror would overlook, discount, or attempt to hide a potential source of bias.

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