People v. Small

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Darcel D. Clark, J.), rendered December 21, 2011, as amended January 23, 2012, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 25 years to life and 10 years, reversed, on the law, and the matter remanded for a new trial.

The trial court’s denial of a for-cause challenge by defense counsel was reversible error. The prospective juror’s voir dire over two days, when viewed as a whole, demonstrates that her state of mind was likely to…