People v. Herring

The trial court properly denied the defendant’s challenge for cause to a prospective juror. There was no evidence in the record that the juror had “a state of mind that [was] likely to preclude [her] from rendering an impartial verdict based upon the evidence adduced at the trial” (CPL 270.20 [1] [b]; see People v Callaghan, 220 AD2d 609 [1995]). Further, the record supports the court’s determination that the prospective juror’s ability to communicate in the English language was sufficient (see CPL 270.20 [1] [a]; People v Chohan, 254 AD2d 124 [1998]). Contrary to the defendant’s additional…