The People v. Urselina King

I agree with the majority that defendant’s third-party culpability claim is without merit. However, I would reverse the Appellate Division on the grounds that the jury selection process employed by the judge violated the defendant’s right to a trial by jury, and defendant was denied a fair trial due to her defense counsel’s failure to object to the prosecution’s inflammatory, irrevelant, and prejudicial gender-based summation comments. Therefore, I dissent.

I. Improper Delegation of a Judicial Function

Defendant challenges the trial judge’s jury selection procedure of permitting prospective…