The scope and breadth of voir dire are set by statute and Virginia Supreme Court Rule. A review of the cases discussed above evinces a consistent set of extrapolated principles. It would seem that so long as the questioning is reasonably designed to explore prejudice and bias in the venire, the Court should permit it; however, the Virginia Supreme Court has made it abundantly clear that the trial court’s decisions on the scope and breadth of voir dire are given much deference because such To See To Say, The Essentials of Voir Dire by Nathan J. D. Veldhuis 10/29/2019
The scope and breadth of voir dire are set by statute and Virginia Supreme Court Rule. A review of the cases discussed above evinces a consistent set of extrapolated principles. It would seem that so long as the questioning is reasonably designed to explore prejudice and bias in the venire, the Court should permit it; however, the Virginia Supreme Court has made it abundantly clear that the trial court’s decisions on the scope and breadth of voir dire are given much deference because such
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RICHMOND, Va. (CBSDC/AP) — The family of Cesar Chumil, who spent more than 15 years in seclusion at a Virginia psychiatric hospital, is suing the facility, several physicians and the state, claiming he was unconstitutionally kept in segregation and denied adequate medical care before his death in 2009. Chumil, 59, died of complications from colon cancer weeks after being transferred to a northern Virginia mental hospital in October 2009. His family had fought for years to get him transferred
