State v. LaFera

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Weintraub, C. J.

Defendants were convicted of a conspiracy to rig bids on a public project. They appealed. Before the appeal was argued, defendants obtained a remand to permit them to apply to the trial court for a new trial on the ground that a juror was biased and prejudged the case. After a hearing, the trial court ordered a new trial. The State was granted leave to appeal. We certified both that appeal and the appeals from the judgments of conviction before argument in the Appellate Division.

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We think it unnecessary to decide the appeal from the…