State v. Hoffman

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

SULLIVAN, J.

The question before us is whether a criminal defendant is entitled to a new trial solely because his co-defendants at a joint trial were denied the proper number of peremptory challenges to potential jurors.

A State Grand Jury indicted defendants Robert Ojeda, Alfred Hoffman and Gary Hoffman for conspiracy and Medicaid fraud. The indictment grew out of the Hoffmans’ ownership and operation of three nursing homes. Defendant Ojeda was the accountant for the nursing homes and prepared the cost study reports of patient related expenses used to…