People v. Otero

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered November 18, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted assault in the first degree and assault in *351the second degree, and sentencing her to concurrent terms of five years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion (see People v Williams, 63 NY2d 882, 885 [1984]) when it granted the prosecutor’s challenge for cause to a prospective juror. Although the panelist gave a general assurance of impartiality, she expressly stated her agreement with another panelist who had been unable to…