Williams v. State
Williams v. State
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
We find no reversible error in any, but deem it necessary to respond to only one, of the appellant’s many assignments of error.
Eule I'd promulgated by the circuit judges and chancellors under the provisions of chapter 115, Laws 1920, makes it obligatory on the trial judge to himself propound all questions asked the jurors on their voir dire touching their qualifications, and whether questions for eliciting information for the guidance of counsel in exercising the right of peremptory challenge shall be propounded by the judge or by counsel must be left to the discretion of the trial judge.
In the case of Hale v. State, 72 Miss. 140, 16 So. 387, relied on by counsel for the appellant, the trial judge refused to propound to the jurors the. questions suggested by counsel or to permit counsel to do so.
Affirmed.
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- Jurt. Questions touching qualifications must he propounded hy judge and questions for information of counsel hy judge or counsel in judge’s discretion. Under rule 10 promulgated by the circuit judges and chancellors under the provisions of chapter 115, Laws 1920, it is obligatory-on the trial judge to himself propound all questions asked the jurors on their voir dire touching their qualifications, and whether questions for elicting information for the guidance of counsel in exercising the right of peremptory challenge shall be propounded by the judge or by counsel must be left to the discretion of the trial judge.