People v. Birch

This is a motion by the People of the State of New York for a special jury pursuant to section 749-aa of the Judiciary Law. The seven defendants in the case have been indicted for murder in the first degree.

Section 749-aa provides that the court may order a special jury where “ it appears to the court that by, reason of the importance or intricacy of the case, a special jury is required, or that the subject-matter of the indictment or the issue to be tried has been so widely commented upon that the court is *246satisfied that an ordinary jury cannot without delay and difficulty be obtained to try…