Legal Opinion
People v. Arnold
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 2001PublishedCited by 269 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
A basic premise of our criminal justice system is that a defendant has the right to trial by an impartial jury. This appeal requires us to consider, once again, what it means for a juror to be impartial, and what is required to insure the impartiality of the jury.
Defendant was convicted of assault for stabbing his former girlfriend. His defense at trial was that he had acted in self-defense after she had attacked him with a razor blade. During voir dire, defense counsel asked a panel of prospective jurors if anyone was “thinking in the back of your mind…
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