8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 68 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 People v. Tyburski.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Tyburski Anchor | green | “the purpose of voir dire is to elicit enough information for development of a rational basis for excluding those who are not impartial from the jury.” | 15 |
| 2 | People v. Mallory | green | “a defendant has a right to be present during the voir dire, selection of and subsequent challenges to the jury, presentation of evidence, summation of counsel, instructions to the jury, rendition of the verdict, imposition of sentence, and any other stage of trial where the defe…” | 13 |
| 3 | People v. Tyburski | green | “a defendant who chooses a jury trial has an absolute right to a fair and impartial jury.” | 12 |
| 4 | People v. Tyburski | green | “the trial court has discretion in both the scope and the conduct of voir dire.” | 11 |
| 5 | People v. Johnson | green | “an attorney's decisions relating to the selection of jurors generally involve matters of trial strategy, which we normally decline to evaluate with the benefit of hindsight.” | 8 |
| 6 | People v. Sawyer | green | “in reviewing the trial court's conduct, this court must determine whether the trial court conducted a voir dire 'sufficiently probing . . . to uncover potential juror bias.” | 3 |
| 7 | People v. Harrell | green | “the scope of voir dire examination of jurors is within the discretion of the trial judge and his decision will not be set aside absent an abuse of that discretion.” | 3 |
| 8 | People v. Pinkney | green | “failing to advance a meritless argument or raise a futile objection does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.” | 3 |
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