People v. Burts

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Rettinger, J.), rendered May 24, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted robbery in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent prison terms of 2 to 4 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s challenge for cause to a prospective juror who had initially expressed a desire to hear defendant’s testimony. The prospective juror did not demonstrate bias toward defendant or…