Hood v. McElroy

I believe that the voir dire questions posed in this case were ambiguous and appeared to ask the veniremembers whether they had been defendants in a personal-injury lawsuit and not a lawsuit in general. Counsel queried: “How many of you have ever been defendants in a lawsuit? Had somebody sue you for personal injuries? And I’m not talking about a case like this. It could have been a car wreck.” Had counsel paused between the questions, then Juror D.O. would have answered after the first question was asked; instead, D.O. answered after counsel’s entire statement. This indicates to me that the…