IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )

)

v. ) CR. NO. 3:06cr208-MEF

)

JASON EDWARD COFIELD )

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S REQUESTED VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS

Comes now the United States of America, by and through Leura

G. Canary, United States Attorney, Middle District of Alabama, and

requests this Court to propound the attached questions to the jury

venire in this case.

Respectfully submitted this 5 day of March, 2007. th

FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

 LEURA G. CANARY

/s/John T. Harmon 

John T. Harmon

Assistant United States Attorney

Bar Number: 7068-II58J

Office of the United States Attorney

Middle District of Alabama

One Court Square, Suite 201 (36104)

Post Office Box 197

Montgomery, Alabama 36101-0197

Telephone:(334) 223-7280

Facsimile: (334) 223-7560

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )

)

v. ) CR. NO. 3:06cr208-MEF

)

JASON EDWARD COFIELD )

REQUESTED VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS

1. Do any of you have any convictions, whether they be

moral, religious, philosophical or otherwise, that would prevent

you from forfeiting (that is taking) property from an individual

without compensation, if the property is involved in and connected

to a crime?

2. Have you or your relatives or friends ever had any

property (either real or personal) taken by any governmental agency

for any purpose either with or without compensation?

If so, please explain what happened or state if this

experience has given you an opinion or bias for or against the

taking of property by a governmental agency?

3. Have any of you discussed any aspect of this case with

anyone who claimed to have some special knowledge of what actually

occurred?

If so, with whom and under what circumstances?

What knowledge did this person have?

Have you formed an opinion based on what this person told

you?

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4. Has any member of the panel, or a relative or close

friend ever been employed by a law firm or other organization which

participates in the defense of criminal cases?

If so, please state their names, the type of law they

practice and the location of their practice.

If a relative was or is so employed, do you often discuss

their jobs with them?

5. Has any member of the panel ever had any dealings with

the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug

Enforcement Administration, the Office of the United States

Attorney, or the Department of Justice?

If so, please elaborate.

6. Have you ever had any dealings with the police, a court,

or a prosecutor that left you unhappy or unsatisfied?

If so, please elaborate.

7. Do you or any of your friends or relatives know the

attorneys in this case? If so, who and how?

8. Do you know any other member of the jury panel? If so,

who and how?

9. Have you or any of your friends or relatives ever had any

unfavorable association or dealings with the United States

Government? If so, who had the association or what was the nature

of the association?

10. Does any member of the panel belong to any professional,

educational, religious, social or other organization which

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advocates the repeal or modification of the forfeiture laws of the

United States?

11. Does any member of the panel subscribe to the active

concealment of assets from the United States Government, or belong

to any organization advocating the active concealment of assets

from governmental agencies to avoid taxation? Has any member of

the panel ever attended a meeting or seminar wherein the validity

and constitutionality of the federal income tax laws were

questioned? 

12. Do each and every one of you understand that during the

course of the trial an attorney is not permitted to speak to the

jurors and that you should not hold it against the attorney if he

or she does not acknowledge you or speak to you?

13. The Defendant may introduce evidence concerning his good

character. Do any of you believe that a person with a good

reputation should not have his property forfeited?

14. 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?

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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

the following: Verne H. Speirs and Pate DeBardeleben. 

/s/John T. Harmon 

John T. Harmon

Assistant United States Attorney

Office of the United States Attorney

Middle District of Alabama

One Court Square, Suite 201 (36104)

Post Office Box 197

Montgomery, Alabama 36101-0197

Telephone:(334) 223-7280

Facsimile:(334) 223-7560

E-mail: John.Harmon@usdoj.gov

Bar Number: 7068-II58J

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