State v. Stewart (MLW No. 59770/Case No. SD29392 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, P.J.) Where defendant claimed that a venireperson, who was a police officer, tainted the jury panel by stating that due to “previous ...

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While preparing for a recent trial, my summer law clerk told me she was excited to watch jury selection, but she sensed my hesitation. “Don’t you like it?” She asked.  “No.”  I responded.  “Why not?”  I shrugged my shoulders and ...

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A juror’s silence during voir dire will give a plaintiff another shot at winning a medical malpractice lawsuit in Jackson County. The Missouri Court of Appeals said this morning that the juror’s nondisclosure of previous lawsuits in which she was ...

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State v. McGee (MLW No. 58877/Case No. ED90630 – 34 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Cohen, J.) (1)Where a prosecutor asked during vo ir dire if anyone knew the defendant by one of several other names and the ...

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Layoffs, budget tightening and other cost-saving measures have become as commonplace in the legal community as in the rest of the country. Economic conditions may also have played an important role in the outcome of one of our featured cases ...

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The fact that a black man asked a question during jury selection kept him off the jury. But on Tuesday, the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District, in a 2-1 decision, ordered a new trial for convicted murderer Tyrone C. ...

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As a lifelong resident of the city of St. Louis, I have been called to jury duty every three years since 1979. I was always happy to put in my time, and I ended up serving on several juries over ...

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