IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

NORTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) 

 ) 

 v. ) Case No: 2:06-cr-178-SRW 

 ) 

CARRIE J. FLOWERS ) 

UNITED STATES' REQUESTED VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS

 Comes now the United States of America, by and through AARON DRAKE, 

United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, and requests this Court to 

propound the attached questions to the jury venire in this case. 

 Respectfully submitted this the 5th day of March, 2007. 

 s/Aaron Drake

AARON DRAKE 

 Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 42 ABW/JA 

 50 LeMay Plaza South 

 Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112-6334 

 (334) 953-2786/2789 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

NORTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) 

 ) 

 v. ) Case No: 2:06-cr-178-SRW 

 ) 

CARRIE J. FLOWERS ) 

REQUESTED VOIR DIRE 

1. Please state your name, marital status, children (sex and age), educational background (if 

college graduate, state major area of study), occupation, occupation of spouse, occupation of 

children if they are adults, military background (rank, branch of service, specialty), city and area 

of the city in which you live. 

2. Has any member of the panel, or a relative or close friend, ever had any dealings with 

the Office of the United States Attorney, the Department of Justice, any local office of 

the District Attorney, the Security Police at either Maxwell Air Force Base or Gunter 

Annex, or any other office in the United States Government? 

If so, please describe the involvement. Was it pleasant or unpleasant? 

3. Has any member of the panel ever been a juror in a criminal case before? 

 If so, what type of case and what was the outcome? 

4. Does any member of the panel know the defendant or any member of her family or 

any friends of hers on either a personal, business, or professional basis? 

If so, who and in what capacity? 

If so, are you able to put aside feelings resulting from such knowledge, regardless 

of whether they are favorable or unfavorable to him, or to any member of her 

family or friend of hers, and decide this case solely upon the evidence? 

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5. Do you or any of your friends or relatives know any of the attorneys in this case? If 

so, who and how? 

6. Do you know any other member of the jury panel? If so, who and how? 

7. Does any member of the panel belong to any professional, educational, religious, 

social, or other organization in which you know the defendant, members of the 

defendant's family, or close friends of the defendant to be a member? 

 If so, what is the organization and whom do you know to be a member? 

8. Do any of you have any feelings, whether they may be moral, religious, philosophical, 

or otherwise, that would prevent you from being a fair and impartial juror in this case or 

that would prevent you from sitting in judgment on your fellow citizen? 

9. Has anyone ever had an unpleasant experience involving law enforcement? 

10. Have you or any of your friends or relatives ever had any unfavorable association or 

dealings with the United States Government? 

 If so, please elaborate. 

11. Have any of you ever been stopped by the police or by a store employee or store detective 

while shopping? Were you treated fairly? 

12. Have any of you ever been stopped by the police or by a store employee or store detective 

because you were suspected of shoplifting or theft? 

 Were you treated fairly? 

13. Has anyone, or anyone’s friend or relative, ever been arrested or convicted for any crime? 

 If so, when and for what? By virtue of your experience, will you be able to be entirely 

impartial to both the prosecution and the defense in this case? 

14. Does any member of the panel believe that stealing merchandise from a store is a victimless 

crime? 

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15. Do any of you have any physical or mental disability which will interfere with your service 

as a juror, or will prevent you from reading the documents that are introduced into evidence or 

from hearing the testimony that will come from the witness chair over there? 

16. Are any of you currently taking medication of any kind that in any way may affect your 

attention or your ability to understand, consider, or weigh the evidence in this particular case? 

17. To admit to having some sympathy for either the defendant or the government in this case is 

nothing to be ashamed of and does not reflect badly upon you as a person. However, both the 

government and the defendant are entitled to have this case heard by a fair and impartial jury that 

will decide the case solely according to the evidence admitted in this Court and according to the 

Court's instructions on the law. The law provides that the jury may not be governed by 

sympathy, prejudice, or public opinion. With this in mind, do any of you have any reason why 

you would be unable to give either the government or the defendant a fair trial based solely upon 

the evidence admitted at the trial and the instructions given by the Court? 

18. The defendant may introduce evidence concerning her good character. Do any of you 

believe that a person with a good reputation is incapable of committing a crime? 

19. Is there any reason why any of you would be unable to reach a fair and impartial verdict 

based solely upon the evidence submitted during the trial and the instructions which the judge 

gives you? 

Respectfully submitted, 

s/Aaron Drake

 AARON DRAKE 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

42 ABW/JA 

50 LeMay Plaza South 

Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6334 

 (334) 953-2786/2789 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

UNITED STATES v. CARRIE J. FLOWERS 

 I hereby certify that on March 5, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing Requested Voir 

Dire with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such 

filing to counsel of record. 

/s Aaron Drake

 AARON DRAKE 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 42 ABW/JA 

50 LeMay Plaza South 

Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112-6334 

 (334) 953-2786 

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