As amended through November 13, 2023
Rule 32.2 - Voir Dire Examination(a) Voir dire examination shall be conducted for the purpose of discovering bases for challenge for cause and for the purpose of gaining knowledge to enable the parties to intelligently exercise peremptory challenges. The judge shall initiate the voir dire examination by:(i) identifying the parties; and(ii) identifying the respective counsel; and(iii) revealing the names of those witnesses whose names have been made known to the court by the parties; and(iv) briefly outlining the nature of the case.(b) The judge shall then put to the prospective jurors any question which he thinks necessary touching their qualifications to serve as jurors in the cause on trial. The judge shall also permit such additional questions by the defendant or his attorney and the prosecuting attorney as the judge deems reasonable and proper.