"At the beginning of voir dire, when the trial court asked the members of the venire whether jury service or sequestration would pose an extreme hardship, Mr. Brooks was 1 of more than 50 members of the venire who expressed concern that jury service or sequestration would interfere with work, school, family, or other obligations."
Venire
Definition
A panel of prospective jurors. A jury is eventually chosen from the venire.
Illustrative caselaw
See, e.g. Skilling v. United States, 130 S.Ct. 2896 (2010).
See also
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
See: jury panel
Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
August 19, 2010, 5:26 pm
