People v. Fromen

It is within the discretion of the trial court to direct that the jurors be examined and sworn individually after each juror is accepted by counsel on both sides, or to defer the swearing in until all twelve jurors have been accepted as satisfactory by both sides (People v. Carpenter, 102 N. Y. 238, supra). Whichever method is used, it is well established that the defendant may exercise a peremptory challenge at any time before the juror is actually sworn. (People v. Carpenter, 36 Hun 315, supra; Sorensen v. Hunter, 268 App. Div. 1078.) We find no statutory or common-law rule, however, *580wMch…