Legal Opinion

People v. Cotton

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 14, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant argues that County Court erred in denying his challenge for cause of a prospective juror on the ground that the juror demonstrated that he could not render an impartial verdict. The portions of the voir dire to which defendant refers, however, were not recorded. Consequently, the record is incomplete and we cannot review that issue.

Defendant failed to preserve for our review his present argument that, by granting a codefendant’s severance motion during the trial, the court denied defendant the right to a jury of his own choosing because he…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. SidesNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  2. People v. MahboubianNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. People v. SmallsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. DeNormandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  2. People v. DexterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  3. People v. EldridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. People v. StephenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  5. Smith v. LloydAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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