People v. Ayuso

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Lawrence Tonetti, J.), rendered November 20, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court appropriately exercised its discretion in denying defendant’s application for dismissal of the jury panel. The remarks made by the discharged venireperson neither suggested defendant’s involvement in the crime charged nor presented any potential for substantial prejudice to defendant (see, People v Ali, 241 AD2d 321, lv denied 90 NY2d 1009).

Defendant’s…