The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Richard Valdez, Defendant and Appellant — Liu, J., Concurring

Summary

Justice Liu concurs in the court’s conclusion that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by restricting voir dire concerning the victims’ ages, given that defendant did not personally kill the child victims. The concurrence emphasizes that the risks of asking too few versus too many case-specific questions are asymmetrical and states that, when a capital defendant is accused of personally killing a child, the child’s age generally requires voir dire because it may cause an otherwise qualified juror to automatically vote for death. The concurrence does not create a holding separate from the majority’s decision.