Free Proposed Voir Dire - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:08-cr-00082-GMS

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,
V.

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Criminal Action No. 08-82-GMS

LARRY WILMER,
Defendant.

GOVERNMENT'S REOUEST FOR SPECIAL VOIR DIRE
Thegovernment, throughundersigned counsel, herebymoves the Courttoutilizethefollowing questions when conducting voir dire in the above- captioned case:

1.

Does the length of this trial or the schedule contemplated by the court present a special

problem to any member of the panel?

2. 3.

Has any member of the panel heard or read anything about this case?
Has anymember of the panel or your immediate family (defined as your spouse, child, parent or sibling) or close füend had any business, social or personal dealings with either counsel

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Joseph S. Grubb, Esquire or Keir Bradford, Esquire

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or with the United States

Attomey's Offrce?

4.

Has any member of the panel or your immediate family or close füend had any business,

social or personal dealings with the defendant, Larry Wilmer?

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5.

Members of the panel, I am now going to read the names ofwitnesses who maybe called

in this case lwitness /¿sls to
these persons?

be

providedf. Does any member of the panel know any of

6.

Has anymember 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?

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Has anymember of the panel ever been involved, in any court, in a criminal matter, other than
a

minor traffic offense, that concerned yourself

a

member of your immediate

family

or a close füend, either as the subject of an investigation, a defendant, a witness, or a victim?

8.

Has anymember of the panel, a member of your immediate any dealings with association with

famil¡

or a close füend had

a

including being employed

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investigated by, or having any other

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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
interfere with your ability to be fair and impartial?

case

11. Is there any member of the panel who has any special disability
make serving as a member of the jury difficult or impossible?

or problem that would

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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

istant United States Attorney for the Plaintiff

Dated: August 79,2008