People v. Woellhaf

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• deferential abuse of discretion standard discourages an appellate court from second-guessing a trial court's evaluation of a prospective juror's body language and inflection
• where prospective juror initially expressed doubt as to defendant's innocence, but when questioned indicated \she would try to put her biases aside and would want to listen to the evidence\ (emphasis added
• in interpreting a statute, a court will not follow construction that defeats legislative intent or leads to an unreasonable or absurd result; a court should endeavor to give effect to each word in a statute

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