People v. Wiegert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed in accordance with the following Memorandum: County Court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant’s challenges for cause of three prospective jurors. The prospective juror who stated that she was influenced by the opinions of her father-in-law, a correction officer, did not exhibit actual bias toward defendant or otherwise indicate that she possessed “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…
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