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–100, ¶¶ 10–16 (App. 2023).

¶ 23 (App. 2023); (“What the juror actually conveyed in the moment of speaking is so dependent on demeanor and intonation as to be inaccessible to a reviewing court.”).

“Because a trial judge has the best opportunity to assess whether a juror can be fair and impartial, appellate courts review [decisions on striking jurors] only for abuse of discretion.” (reaffirming abuse of discretion standard of review after elimination of peremptory strikes and confirming trial court’s exclusive “duty and authority to assess and address juror bias”).

The court interpreted Juror 15’s comments the same way: “[Juror 15] indicated her ability to be impartial.” 102, ¶¶ 16, 23 (App. 2023) (The superior court determines the juror’s credibility about assurances of impartiality, and we defer to those findings unless unsupported by the record.).

“[E]xcusing jurors is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court,” and we will not set aside a court’s decision whether to strike a juror for cause “absent clear and prejudicial abuse of that discretion.”

“Because a trial judge has the best opportunity to assess whether a juror can be fair and impartial, appellate courts review such decisions only for abuse of discretion.” ¶ 39 (2003) (citing cases); ¶ 2 (App. 2023) (reaffirming abuse of discretion standard on appeal after elimination of peremptory strikes).

As part of a “comprehensive examination,” the court should ask open-ended, non-leading questions to “elicit [relevant] information from the subject juror.” ¶ 21 (App. 2023).

¶9 On appeal of the denial of a request to strike a juror, “[r]eviewing courts defer to the trial judge’s perceptions of the juror and question only whether the judge’s findings are supported by the record.” ¶ 16 (App. 2023) ( ¶ 47 (2022)).

The court’s discretion over jury selection is accordingly broad, ¶¶ 5, 8 (App. 2023), and we will not upset its decision absent an abuse of discretion

§ 21-211 ”4 “[E]xcusing jurors is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court” and we will not set aside a court’s decision as to whether to strike a juror for cause “absent clear and prejudicial abuse of that discretion.”