Opinion
Submitted October 4, 2001.
October 22, 2001.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rosenzweig, J.), rendered July 19, 1999, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Neil L. Fishman of counsel), for appellant.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano and Ellen C. Abbot of counsel; Jennifer Hagan on the brief), for respondent.
Before: FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, SANDRA L. TOWNES, BARRY A. COZIER, JJ.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court properly granted the People's challenge for cause to a prospective juror (see, CPL 270.20[b]; People v. Blyden, 55 N.Y.2d 73, 77-78; People v. Light, 260 A.D.2d 404).
SANTUCCI, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, TOWNES and COZIER, JJ., concur.