People v. Merritt

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Carroll, J.), rendered November 8, 2000, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in replacing a sworn juror after making a “reasonably thorough inquiry” (CPL 270.35 [2] [a]) into the juror’s unavailability, affording the parties the opportunity to be heard and placing the facts and reasons for its determination on the record (see CPL…