People v. Nelson

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Cassandra M. Mullen, J.), rendered April 4, 2011, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 16 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defense counsel’s challenge for cause to a prospective juror, a physician who at first indicated that he might share his expertise regarding emergency room medical records with other members of the jury. The panelist’s subsequent assurance to the court that he would do his best to adhere to…