Opinion ID: 1985406
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Heading: statutory bias

Text: [2] ¶ 20. A prospective juror is statutorily biased if the prospective juror falls into one of the statutorily-recognized groups in Wis. Stat. § 805.08(1). Prospective jurors are statutorily biased if they are related by blood or marriage to any party or to any attorney appearing in the case or [have] any financial interest in the case. § 805.08(1). [5] Statutory bias is a conclusion of law premised on the belief that certain relationships are so inherently prone to partiality that an individual case-by-case inquiry is not worth the time or effort. State v. Kiernan, 227 Wis. 2d 736, 744, 596 N.W.2d 760 (1999). Whether a prospective juror is statutorily biased and should be dismissed for cause involves the application of a statute to specific facts. This is a question of law that this court reviews de novo. Id.