People v. Jean

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Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

During the court’s voir dire in this case, each member of three panels of prospective jurors orally answered a detailed biographical questionnaire, and when necessary and in response to questioning by the court, clarified those answers. The trial court, over defendant’s objection, then exercised its discretion by imposing a time limit of 15 minutes on each attorney’s voir dire in the first two rounds and 10 minutes for the third round. As a result of these time limits, defense counsel did not individually…