People v. Redola

The plaintiff in error, Edward Redóla, was convicted in the circuit court of Rock Island county of the larceny of a five-passenger automobile upon an indictment consisting of two counts, the first charging him with larceny of the automobile, and the second with receiving the same knowing that it had been stolen.

In the examination of the jurors upon their voir dire one of them was asked this question: “I would like to ask you if now, before you have heard any evidence in this case, if you should be selected as a juror, can you start out on a trial of this case believing the defendant is…