31.   Six prospective jurors were questioned Monday as they sat alone behind a special partition meant to shield their identity from the public and press.

32.   Six jurors were questioned Thursday.

33.   Ten other potential jurors were questioned and rejected Wednesday.

34.   The first round of questioning prospective jurors is compltete.

35.   The judge also can allow attorneys to question potential jurors directly.

36.   The judge individually questioned each juror about the note, beginning with the foreman, Roosevelt Price.

37.   The judge learned about the incident in the convenience store from Mizzi shortly before noon, when he was questioning each juror individually in the courtroom about another matter.

38.   The problem, says San Francisco defense lawyer Ephraim Margolin, is that jurors are not questioned carefully enough.

39.   The prosecutor, George Peck, acknowledged that picking a jury with Ferguson questioning jurors might be difficult.

40.   Then prosecutors and the defense team will question individual jurors and try to identify those whom they perceive as either helpful or antagonistic to their sides.