People v. Taylor

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Luis M. Ñeco, J.), rendered May 21, 1982, convicting defendant of robbery in the third degree and sentencing him, as a predicate felon, to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of from 3 to 6 years, unanimously reversed, on

the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

As the People commendably concede, defendant was entitled to challenge for cause a prospective juror who was uncertain whether she could impartially evaluate a police officer’s testimony. During jury selection the juror, whose father had retired from the New York City Police…