Opinion ID: 344317
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: the requested voir dire questions

Text: 44 The trial court refused to ask five of Chenaur's requested voir dire questions, and he alleges prejudice. Trial courts are given broad discretion in deciding the scope of the voir dire examination. United States v. Gonzales-Benitez, 537 F.2d 1051, 1053 (9th Cir. 1976); United States v. Golden, 532 F.2d 1244, 1247 (9th Cir. 1976); United States v. Perez-Martinez, 525 F.2d 365, 368 (9th Cir. 1975). We note that four of the five questions dealt with how the jurors felt about the giving of honorariums or gifts in the course of business. Chenaur never classified the payments to Morco and Territorial as gifts or honorariums at any time during the preliminary investigation or trial. While the remaining question, which was aimed at the jurors knowledge and reaction to other current scandals, may have been more relevant, we do not find it was a clear abuse of the trial judge's discretion not to ask about it. 45 For all of the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.