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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 26 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Lowry.

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1 State v. Lowry Anchor
me · 2003
green “we review challenges to the court's conduct of voir dire for abuse of discretion.” 5
2 Grover v. Boise Cascade Corp.
me · 2004
green “questions that have no relationship to a prospective juror's knowledge, bias, or predisposition, or that are intended to advocate a party's position regarding the facts or issues in dispute, are improper.” 5
3 State v. Lowry
me · 2003
green “is to detect bias and prejudice in prospective jurors, thus ensuring that a defendant will be tried by as fair and impartial, a jury as possible.” 4
4 State v. Collin
me · 1999
green “voir dire the jury in the exact manner requested by” 4
5 State of Maine v. John T. Simons
me · 2017
green “utterly .incorrect statements of law and asking jurors to agree or disagree with the policy pronouncements contained therein.” 4
6 State v. Simons
me · 2017
green “questions that cause the prospective jurors to adopt a position on the law without the benefit of the court's instructions ... are not appropriate questions.” 4

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