Legal Opinion
People v. Walters
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 24, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMugglin, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Delaware County (Becker, J.), rendered July 7, 2003, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of rape in the first degree.
Of the many assignations of error urged by defendant’s counsel on this appeal, we find none to be of such magnitude as to require reversal, with one exception. That exception is the claim, not raised at trial, that a seated juror was incompetent to serve because his wife is the prosecuting attorney’s first cousin. When the juror advised defense counsel, the sole inquiry by anyone was defense counsel’s question,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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