People v. Accolla

The defendant failed to raise a timely challenge to the seating of an alternate juror on the ground that the juror’s relationship to the Trial Judge was likely to preclude her from rendering an impartial verdict (see, CPL 270.20 [1] [c]), when the fact of the juror’s position as a member of the Trial Judge’s reelection campaign committee was disclosed during the voir dire. Therefore, the defendant waived the objection (see, CPL 270.15 [4]; People ex rel. Green v La Vallee, 55 AD2d 958), and failed to preserve the issue of appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]).

On two separate occasions, once…