If defense makes objections to photographs/power point slides (i.e. prejudicial) in voir dire what kind of arguments can the State make to support the position that we are allowed to educate the jury during jury selection? Is there any case law to support that argument? I am in a small county and they have never used technology in the courtroom before. Thank you.

This link has some of the best summaries of voir dire case law.

http://www.tdcaa.com/journal/p...best-possible-jury-0

It also has some outstanding thoughts about jury selection in general. If you scroll down to the bottom of the article there is a link to download the full article. The one on the website is cut down a little. But throughout both there are footnotes to case law that address your questions.

Thanks Jon. I actually have a copy and know Eric well. I didn't think to look there for case law. Smart!

Awesome! His footnotes are a virtual voir dire case law library.