People v. Washington

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Roger S. Hayes, J.), rendered June 29, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s challenge for cause to a prospective juror who stated unequivocally that his extensive law enforcement background and connections would have no effect on his ability to be impartial (see People v Brown, 26 AD3d 885 [2006], lv denied 6 NY3d 846 [2006]; People v Lopez, 7…