Court Opinion

ID: 9886954
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 16:53:01.030174+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:35:46.721595
License: Public Domain

YU, J. (concurring)
*466¶ 25 I concur with the majority and only write to emphasize that jury selection is a critical part of trial and ought not to be treated as merely a prelude to the main event. While the court correctly does not find manifest constitutional error in this case under these facts, prudence dictates that trial courts should make every effort to ensure that litigants have a meaningful opportunity to select an unbiased jury. Our rules of procedure provide specific direction on the number and manner of exercising peremptory challenges, which should not be readily disregarded.
¶ 26 I respectfully concur.