Court Opinion

ID: 9623790
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 06:43:14.235566+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:50:33.705354
License: Public Domain

BROWN, .Justice,
specially concurring.
I agree that this case must be reversed; however, I have an appreciation of the problem that faced the trial judge. Venireman Taylor simply wanted to get off the jury. The information he volunteered and his answers to the questions on voir dire were calculated to get him excused. Apparently Mr. Taylor saw how other people had avoided jury duty, or had been told how to answer voir dire questions in order to be excused. The trial judge knew what Taylor was trying to do. He was fearful that if he excused Taylor an epidemic might break out, and others on the panel would be afflicted with prejudice and bias. There are better ways to deal with a prospective juror who obviously is trying to shirk a civic duty.