Archive for the 'Jury Selection' Category
State v. Mack, Final Jury Pool Selected
The final jury pool of 35 potential jurors has been selected in State v. Mack. Tomorrow morning (Oct. 24) the attorneys will exercise their preemptive challenges and seat the final jury of 15 jurors for the trial. Judge Douglas Herndon expects opening statements will occur tomorrow morning around 10 a.m. in Courtroom 10D. Media seating [...]
State v. Mack, Jury Selection - Day 4
The court reached a total of 20 potential jurors for the final jury pool this afternoon. Court resumes tomorrow (Oct. 19) at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 10D.
State v. Mack, Jury Selection Deliberate as Court Moves Toward Seating a Jury
After three days of jury selection in Clark County, a few distinct comparisons can be made regarding the voir dire process.
In Washoe County, the court evaluated the questionnaires of, and/or interviewed, 140 out of the first 160 jurors and had passed for cause only 12 jurors to the final jury pool. [...]
State v. Mack, Jury Selection - Day Two
Jury selection continued this morning at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 10D. Jurors were interviewed again about their knowledge of the case and other information as the court worked to seat a jury. By the end of the day eight more jurors were placed in the final pool for a total of ten jurors. Jury selection [...]
State v. Mack, Jury Selection - Day One
Jury selection started at 1:30 p.m. with the attorneys interviewing eight potential jurors today. When jury selection ended at 6:30 p.m., two jurors were passed for cause and will be called back later in the week as the court seeks to find 35 jurors for the final jury pool. Today’s group of jurors, three men [...]
State v. Mack, Day One
Jury selection begins Monday (Oct. 15) at 10 a.m. in Courtroom 10D. Media wishing to sit in on jury selection should arrive on the tenth floor by 9:30 a.m. to check in with the Court Information Office. A total of 8 seats will be made available on a first-come basis. Jury selection [...]
State v. Mack - Change of Venue
District Court Judge Douglas W. Herndon announced this morning a change of venue in State v. Darren Mack from Washoe County to Clark County. Judge Herndon, a Clark County District Court Judge, was assigned to hear the Washoe County case in Reno by the Nevada Supreme Court when all judges in the Second Judicial [...]
State v. Kirstin Lobato: Opening Statements
Opening statements in State v. Lobato have been scheduled for 1 PM Thursday (Sept. 14) in District Court Department 2. Labato has been charged with First-Degree Murder with Use of a Deadly Weapon and Sexual Penetration of a Dead Human Body. Jury Selection was completed Wednesday afternoon.