Opinion ID: 1858107
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Preliminary Instructions/Assignment of Error 13

Text: Defendant additionally contends the trial court should have provided the jury panels with a complete set of preliminary instructions, but instead allowed the State to improperly instruct the panel members during voir dire on many issues. The record, to the contrary, reveals the trial judge did give a set of general preliminary instructions to each panel and sub-panel of prospective jurors called for examination on voir dire. Furthermore, defendant did not object to the scope of the trial judge's instructions on voir dire or to the State's inclusion of additional instructions during its opportunity to question the prospective jurors and did not request any curative instruction by the trial court. Finally, defendant himself was not prevented from advising the jury as to its interpretation of the law on the same issues discussed by the State. This assignment lacks merit.