People v. Guerrero

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens *466County (Finnegan, J.), rendered October 20, 1992, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree, and criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

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Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in discharging a sworn juror without first conducting "a reasonably thorough inquiry and…