United States v. Robert Conroy, Raymond Dahl, Frederick Jacobs and Walter K. Schubert, United States of America v. Leonard A. Walker, A/K/A "Silver"

I regret that I must differ with my brethren concerning whether the trial judge abused the very wide discretion he is allowed in conducting voir dire. I recognize that some of my colleagues think voir dire is an appropriate adversary function, e. g., United States v. Ledee, 5 Cir. 1977, 549 F.2d 990, 993, cert. denied, 434 U.S. 902, 98 S.Ct. 297, 54 L.Ed.2d 188, and that my brethren on this panel are disposed to leave the question entirely to the discretion of the trial judge. Because, however, of my firm belief in court-conducted voir dire, my dissent on this issue may appear anomalous. For…