People v. Deguero

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy Kahn, J.), rendered July 24, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 4V2 to 9 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s challenge for cause to a prospective juror was properly denied. Defendant’s claim that the court should have obtained an expurgatory oath or conducted clarifying inquiries before seating the…