Croft v. State

1. Generally "voir dire" denotes the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a juror, where his competency or qualifications are objected to.

2. If either the State's counsel or the accused in a misdemeanor case wishes to test the partiality or bias of a juror, he has the right to make a motion for a preliminary examination, and request the judge to determine the qualification of the individual juror (this is what is referred to in technical language as putting the juror on voir dire).

3. In such a motion the movant should state the ground or grounds upon which he…