People v. Ray

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert I. Altman, J.), rendered December 1, 1989, convicting defendant after a jury trial, of rape in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, and attempted robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 8-Vs to 25 years for the rape and kidnapping convictions, and a consecutive term of imprisonment of 3 to 9 years for the attempted robbery conviction, unanimously affirmed.

On the first day of trial, a Monday, before the jury was brought into the courtroom to be issued opening instructions, a juror…