Legal Opinion
People v. Cruz
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 10, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sampson, J.), rendered May 19, 1995, convicting him of robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
During the voir dire, one of the prospective jurors gave equivocal responses regarding evidence and the burden of proof. The court simply allowed the subject to drop. Shortly thereafter, when the defendant challenged the prospective juror for cause, the court summarily, and improperly, rejected the challenge. *418The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. SumpterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. BirchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. BracettyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by5 opinions
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- People v. ThigpenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
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- People v. BeldresAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000