People v. Williams

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

In the course of the selection of the jury for the trial in this case defense counsel’s application to excuse two prospective jurors for cause was denied. In response to counsel’s questions these jurors had said that although they did not associate with blacks they could render a fair and *884impartial verdict. They also indicated that they did not approve of interracial marriages between blacks and whites but stated that they did not feel that the circumstance that defendant had had a white girlfriend and,…