Business Law 4th Edition by David Twomey,Marianne Jennings

Exercise 3

Winona Ryder was arrested for shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue in California. One of the members of the jury panel for her trial was Peter Guber, a Hollywood executive in charge of the production of three films in which Ms. Ryder starred, including Bram Stoker ' s Dracula, The Age of Innocence, and Little Women. If you were the prosecuting attorney in the case, how could you discover such information about this potential juror, and what are your options for excluding him from selection? [Rick Lyman, "For the Ryder Trial, a Hollywood Script," New York Times , November 3, 2002, SL-1]