Legal Opinion

United States v. Serafini

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided June 23, 1999No. 3:CR-97-0225PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

VANASKIE, District Judge.

Presently pending before the Court is a "Jury Questionnaire" proposed on behalf of defendant Frank Serafini, a state legislator who stands accused of committing perjury in connection with an investigation into alleged illegal contributions to candidates for political office. The proposed questionnaire, a copy of which is attached hereto, contains 140 separately numbered questions. The government has submitted objections to a number of the questions.

Consistent with the obligation of the trial judge to superintend the jury selection process, see Mu'Min v.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Mu'Min v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Rosales-Lopez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Aldridge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. Leo J. Schlinsky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967

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