LACONIA — By noon on the first day of voir dire in the second murder trial of Hassan Sapry, the state and defense had selected three jurors.

“Alright,” Belknap Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Leonard said, about 20 minutes into proceedings Tuesday morning. “We’ve got our first juror.”

The voir dire process during jury selection involves asking detailed questions of potential jurors, one at a time, inside the courtroom, before defense attorneys and state prosecutors and Leonard.

Individuals, after answering questions posed to them by each of the parties, are either stricken and excused, or told to return for service next week for trial.

Core questions asked of potential jurors on Tuesday morning centered around their willingness to conduct themselves in a fair and impartial manner, their

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