Fragging court-martial commences at Fort Bragg: voir dire eliminates biased juror
The dramatic case of a National Guardsman who fragged his commander in Iraq in 2005 began in a Fort Bragg Courtroom yesterday. During voir dire one of the jurors got himself eliminated by asking an inappropriate question of the judge and then got himself eliminated one he he protested the defense lawyer asking a similar question. The void dire phase of a trial, including military trials is one of the most important phases in a trial. It is where the jurors get their first introduction to the case and where the lawyers begin to build the credibility that is necessary to winning any case.
Neal Puckett and Haytham Faraj are criminal defense and general litigation attorneys and partners in the The Law Firm of Puckett and Faraj. They have decades of experience in defending military members in courts-martial and administrative hearings. They are also premier trial attorneys who have represneted clients in a variety of cases.
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