People v. Sarubbi

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J, at suppression hearing; John Cataldo, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered November 15, 2007, convicting defendant of attempted robbery in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

The court improperly denied defendant’s challenges for cause to two prospective jurors. When defense counsel asked a panelist a specific question as to whether her experience as a crime victim might prevent her from being an…