Opinion ID: 1091512
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Heading: the lower court erred in denying defendant's motion for individual voir dire.

Text: Rule 5.02 Miss. Unif. Crim. R. Cir. Ct. Prac. (1979), provides: In the voir dire examination of jurors, the attorney shall direct to the entire venire questions only on matters not inquired into by the court. Individual jurors may be examined only when proper to inquire as to answers given or for other good cause allowed by the court. No hypothetical questions requiring any juror to pledge a particular verdict will be asked. Appellant's contention that he should have been allowed to individually voir dire jurors out of the presence of the others is not supported by the decisions of this Court. The procedure followed by the trial court has been repeatedly upheld. Billiot v. State, supra ; Speagle v. State, 390 So.2d 990 (Miss. 1980); Gray v. State, supra ; Peters v. State, 314 So.2d 724 (Miss. 1975). There was no error in overruling appellant's motion.