People v. Malik

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Kuffner, J.), rendered November 6, 1992, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We disagree with the defendant’s contention that the trial court erred by denying his motions to excuse prospective jurors who had allegedly observed him on the street while he was in handcuffs. The general rule is that the trial court should lean towards disqualifying prospective jurors of dubious impartiality rather than testing…