I use one of the world’s most complicated and sophisticated voir dire note taking systems, consisting in no small part of adding plus and minus marks in each venire person’s allotted space on my sheets, and sometimes adding short annotations. It can be from something on the juror sheets, or something they say in voir dire. Or perhaps a squirm here, a glare there. I preassigned juror #8 five plus marks for the following answers at impaneling:
- Injuries Requiring Medical Attention: Yes.
- Description: Hit over the head by an asshole cop and had to have my head flesh stapled.
Sigh. Must you have made it so obvious? Well, at least they only have two preemps left. (If it had been a felony, it would have been nine left.)