Legal Opinion
People v. Narvaez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 28, 2002PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (R.E. Rivera, J.), rendered June 8, 1998, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court properly denied the defense counsel’s challenge for cause of a prospective juror who stated a preference that the defendant testify on his own behalf. After receiving an instruction by the court on the burden of proof, the juror stated unequivocally that he would follow the law (see People v…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- People v. ChildressNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- People v. JenkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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3Cited by3 opinions
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