PEOPLE v. TYBURSKI

Docket No. 95719, (Calendar No. 6).

445 Mich. 606 (1994)

518 N.W.2d 441

PEOPLE v. TYBURSKI

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training and Appeals, and Janice M. Joyce Bartee, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

F. Randall Karfonta for the defendant.

Amici Curiae:

Neal Bush, Kenneth M. Mogill, and Dean Robb (Susan L. Stacey, of counsel), for Criminal Defense Association of Michigan and National Jury Project.


MALLETT, J.

The issue presented in this highly publicized murder case is whether defendant is entitled to a new trial because of the manner in which the trial judge conducted voir dire. Because the trial court abused its discretion by failing to conduct a sufficiently probing voir dire in order to uncover potential juror bias, and that, therefore, defendant was denied a fair trial, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand the case for a new trial...

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