People v. Zachary
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Palmieri, J.), rendered May 21, 1996, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant argues that the court committed reversible error by denying the defendant’s challenges for cause of eight prospective jurors. We agree as to four prospective jurors and, accordingly, reverse.
During the voir dire, two prospective jurors, one a fiancée of a police officer, and another, a spouse of a…
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