State v. Turley
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indictment for murder. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at tbe September Term, 1911, "Washington County, Taylor, J., presiding. Verdict, guilty of murder in the second degree, and judgment thereon. The respondent excepted. The opinion states the case. It was error to exclude the questions asked on voir dire.
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Indictment for murder. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at tbe September Term, 1911, "Washington County, Taylor, J., presiding. Verdict, guilty of murder in the second degree, and judgment thereon. The respondent excepted. The opinion states the case. It was error to exclude the questions asked on voir dire. “A party to a civil action, or a person accused of crime, has the right to submit a proposed juror to such reasonable examination, as will enable the court to see that the juror stands indifferent and that he is possessed of the requisite qualifications, or as will enable him intelligently…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
Charged with the murder of John McAuley, who was clubbed to death at Websterville on the night of July 11, 1911, John Turley, the respondent, was convicted of murder in the second degree.
On voir dire, his counsel asked several of the jurors if they knew that the respondent was entitled to a presumption of innocence which was to be weighed in his favor, and if they knew that, in order to justify a conviction, they must be convinced of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. These questions were severally objected to and excluded, and the respondent excepted.
The nature and extent of the inquiries…
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