People v. Torpey

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant’s contentions that he was denied a fair and impartial Grand Jury by adverse publicity and that he was denied his right to an individual verdict are unpreserved, and we decline to reach them in the interest of *917justice. Defendant’s challenges for cause to certain prospective jurors were properly denied because there was no showing of a risk that the predispositions of those jurors would prevent them from rendering an impartial verdict based on the evidence adduced at trial and the law as charged by the court (see, People v Laezza, 143 AD2d…