Opinion ID: 425964
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Heading: voir dire of jurors

Text: 15 Primrose asserts that voir dire in this case was inadequate because all the jurors had read or heard about the ongoing county commissioner investigation. He contends that the voir dire was not sufficiently broad to permit the trial court to assess the effect of this publicity on the jurors' ability to be impartial. He also argues that each juror should have been questioned individually out of the presence of other jurors. 16 We have considered virtually identical arguments in United States v. Whitt, 718 F.2d 1494, (10th Cir.1983), filed this date. In Whitt, as in this case, the trial judge asked general questions regarding the potential jurors' exposure to publicity, and then questioned individual jurors about their ability to be fair and impartial despite what they had heard or read. Based on the authorities and the analysis set forth in Whitt, we conclude that the voir dire here was adequate and did not constitute reversible error.