People v. Budd

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Ryan, J.), rendered June 6, 1997, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, petit larceny, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and possession of burglars’ tools, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

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

The trial court erred in denying the defendant’s challenge for cause with respect to a juror who stated that if somebody was accused of a crime, “that person would…