People v. Dicks

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Flaherty, J.), rendered June 21, 1999, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and unlawful possession of marihuana, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

At the trial, the defendant challenged a prospective juror for cause. When his application was denied, he peremptorily challenged the juror. Since the defendant failed to exhaust his peremptory challenges, the propriety of the denial of the challenge for cause does not constitute a…