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This document is a transcript of a voir dire or deposition from February 28, 2023, where an attorney questions a potential juror about an inaccurate answer on their questionnaire. The juror admits to mistakenly checking 'no' when asked if a family member had ever been accused of a crime, explaining that their stepbrother had been. The juror attributes the error to being distracted, unfocused due to a recent breakup, and skimming the form too quickly, calling it an 'inadvertent mistake' and 'one of the biggest mistakes' of their life.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Unnamed Witness/Juror | Witness / Potential Juror |
The person designated as 'A' being questioned throughout the transcript about their answers on a jury questionnaire.
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| Unnamed Questioner | Attorney |
The person designated as 'Q' asking questions throughout the transcript.
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| your Honor | Judge |
Addressed by the witness ('A') on line 11, page 13.
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Organizations (1)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
Listed at the bottom of pages 13 and 14 as the court reporting agency.
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Timeline (2 events)
2023-02-28
A potential juror is questioned by an attorney regarding their answers on a jury selection questionnaire and their ability to serve impartially.
Southern District
Unspecified, prior to 2023-02-28
The witness describes waiting for three hours during the jury selection process, being distracted by noise and audiovisual problems, and feeling unfocused due to a recent personal breakup.
Unspecified courthouse
Locations (1)
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Implied by the name of the court reporting agency, "SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C."
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Relationships (1)
The witness states on page 13, lines 5-6: 'Because by law, by marriage, that person was my stepbrother.'
Key Quotes (3)
"Inadvertent mistake. This was one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life, and if I could go back and change everything and have slowed down and"Source
— A (Unnamed Witness/Juror)
(Explaining why they incorrectly answered a question on the jury questionnaire.)
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"Only because the sheer volume of people that were there. It was insane, the amount of people. So I just never thought... I never thought I would be one of those twelve."Source
— A (Unnamed Witness/Juror)
(Explaining why they never expected to be chosen as a juror for the case.)
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"I was completely skimmed way too fast. I was distracted by all the noise going on around me."Source
— A (Unnamed Witness/Juror)
(Explaining the circumstances that led to their inaccurate answer on the questionnaire.)
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Case 22-1426, Document 58, 02/28/2023, 3475901, Page70 of 221
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1 no because you didn't consider them family.
2 A. Family, yeah.
3 Q. But now you say yes because it would have been a
4 stepbrother. Explain.
5 A. Because by law, by marriage, that person was my
6 stepbrother. So when you read the question that way and it
7 says has a friend or family member ever been accused, then the
8 correct answer would have been yes, a friend or family member.
9 Q. Okay. And so the same response then for 48A is what you
10 would have given for 49B?
11 A. Yes, your Honor.
12 Q. And 49B, if your answer to 49 was yes, do you believe this
13 would affect your ability to serve fairly and impartially as a
14 juror in this case?
15 A. In no case. It would not affect me.
16 Q. In responding a moment ago you said you never thought you
17 would be chosen as a juror in this case. Why is that?
18 A. Only because the sheer volume of people that were there.
19 It was insane, the amount of people. So I just never
20 thought -- number one, I didn't know what it was when I went
21 into it, and then when they played the video of you, I just
22 thought that the likelihood of being chosen, surely they will
23 be interviewing thousands of people. And they ultimately
24 choose twelve people to sit on a jury, and I never thought I
25 would be one of those twelve.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
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1 no because you didn't consider them family.
2 A. Family, yeah.
3 Q. But now you say yes because it would have been a
4 stepbrother. Explain.
5 A. Because by law, by marriage, that person was my
6 stepbrother. So when you read the question that way and it
7 says has a friend or family member ever been accused, then the
8 correct answer would have been yes, a friend or family member.
9 Q. Okay. And so the same response then for 48A is what you
10 would have given for 49B?
11 A. Yes, your Honor.
12 Q. And 49B, if your answer to 49 was yes, do you believe this
13 would affect your ability to serve fairly and impartially as a
14 juror in this case?
15 A. In no case. It would not affect me.
16 Q. In responding a moment ago you said you never thought you
17 would be chosen as a juror in this case. Why is that?
18 A. Only because the sheer volume of people that were there.
19 It was insane, the amount of people. So I just never
20 thought -- number one, I didn't know what it was when I went
21 into it, and then when they played the video of you, I just
22 thought that the likelihood of being chosen, surely they will
23 be interviewing thousands of people. And they ultimately
24 choose twelve people to sit on a jury, and I never thought I
25 would be one of those twelve.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
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1 Q. Did you hope that you would be?
2 A. I did not hope to be on this jury. But again, like if
3 you're going to serve jury duty, it might as well be
4 something that's interesting, but I did not set out in order to
5 get on this jury.
6 Q. Let me ask you to return to question 48A, page 24. You
7 spoke to this a little bit but I want to make sure I understand
8 the answer. You indicated that when you checked no, that was
9 an inaccurate answer. Why did you check no?
10 A. I didn't see the part where it says self, I just -- I
11 completely skimmed way too fast. I was distracted by all the
12 noise going on around me. And again, like I said, I just
13 wanted to get done with this. It had been a long process, I
14 had been sitting for hours, there were audiovisual problems
15 getting your video to play, so we literally sat there for three
16 hours. I didn't have a phone, I didn't have a book, I was
17 sitting there twiddling my thumbs thinking about the break up
18 that just happened a few weeks prior and sitting in my feelings
19 and not very focused.
20 Q. So tell me what you understood the question to be asking.
21 A. I thought it was asking about family or a friend.
22 Q. And the box that says yes for self?
23 A. Right, I just missed it. Inadvertent mistake. This was
24 one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life, and if
25 I could go back and change everything and have slowed down and
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
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1 Q. Did you hope that you would be?
2 A. I did not hope to be on this jury. But again, like if
3 you're going to serve jury duty, it might as well be
4 something that's interesting, but I did not set out in order to
5 get on this jury.
6 Q. Let me ask you to return to question 48A, page 24. You
7 spoke to this a little bit but I want to make sure I understand
8 the answer. You indicated that when you checked no, that was
9 an inaccurate answer. Why did you check no?
10 A. I didn't see the part where it says self, I just -- I
11 completely skimmed way too fast. I was distracted by all the
12 noise going on around me. And again, like I said, I just
13 wanted to get done with this. It had been a long process, I
14 had been sitting for hours, there were audiovisual problems
15 getting your video to play, so we literally sat there for three
16 hours. I didn't have a phone, I didn't have a book, I was
17 sitting there twiddling my thumbs thinking about the break up
18 that just happened a few weeks prior and sitting in my feelings
19 and not very focused.
20 Q. So tell me what you understood the question to be asking.
21 A. I thought it was asking about family or a friend.
22 Q. And the box that says yes for self?
23 A. Right, I just missed it. Inadvertent mistake. This was
24 one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life, and if
25 I could go back and change everything and have slowed down and
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
DOJ-OGR-00020896
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