The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Solomon, 956 F.2d 276 (9th Cir. 1992):
The court's use of these general, rather than specific, questions, coupled with assurances that details could be divulged in private, constituted an adequate voir dire examination. See, e.g., United States v. Payne, 944 F.2d 1458, 1474-75 (9th Cir.1991) (when judge asked prospective jurors collectively whether they or any family members had been victims of crime, seven indicated personal or familial experience with child molestation; that question, plus question as to whether the nature of the charges would impede the jurors' ability to remain impartial, were sufficient); Boise, 916 F.2d at 504 (asking jurors collectively whether they had experience with child abuse, questioning individually jurors who responded affirmatively, and offering to talk privately in chambers with any juror who answered that he or she had been a child abuse victim, was sufficient on voir dire to reveal any juror prejudice).
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