DOJ-OGR-00006980.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Document Header** * **Case Number:** 1:20-cr-00330-PAE * **Document Number:** 459 * **Filed Date:** 11/15/21 * **Page Number:** 8 of 43 **Text Body** 1. a time, because of Covid-related space limitations, to 2. streamline the process in light of a likelihood of high a 3. number of sidebars which would otherwise be required, and to 4. ensure that the comments of one juror do not infect the pool. 5. The other jurors will be held in a different courtroom on the 6. same floor and brought over to the courtroom we will be in one 7. at a time. 8. I am not going to permit attorney-conducted voir dire. 9. As a general matter, neither I nor most of my colleagues permit 10. attorney-conducted voir dire. The factors related to this case 11. point strongly against deviation from that standard practice. 12. That doesn't mean counsel can't have input into potential 13. follow-up questions. As in any voir dire, if you want to 14. propose a particular follow-up question, you can tell me and 15. I'll decide whether or not to ask the proposed question and how 16. best to phrase it in a neutral and appropriate way. 17. As noted, I will permit public access to the voir dire 18. questioning. Prospective jurors will be referred to only by 19. their juror numbers. In order to comply with the district's 20. COVID-19 protocols, the public will be able to access the voir 21. dire questioning via overflow rooms in the courthouse. The 22. overflow rooms will have live feeds of the proceeding. 23. Two pool reporters will be permitted in the courtroom 24. proper. In-house press will be able to view the proceedings 25. from press rooms, which, like the public overflow rooms, will **Footer** * **Southern District Reporters, P.C.** * **Phone Number:** (212) 805-0300 * **Document Number:** DOJ-OGR-00006980