People v. Rowe

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Schneier, J.), rendered March 31, 1997, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the respective relationships of two prospective jurors with people in the District Attorney’s office and the trial prosecutor were so remote in all respects that it did not render them inherently biased. Therefore, the denial of his challenges for cause as…