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People v. Guzman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 29, 2004
6 A.D.3d 359 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)

Opinion

3504.

Decided April 29, 2004.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Rena Uviller, J.), rendered October 2, 2002, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of gang assault in the second degree and two counts of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 4½ years, unanimously affirmed.

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Richard Nahas of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Tom, J.P., Ellerin, Lerner, Marlow, JJ.


The court properly denied defendant's challenges for cause to two prospective jurors since in each instance the totality of the venireperson's responses indicated an ability to decide the case impartially ( see People v. Arnold, 96 N.Y.2d 358). The first prospective juror's clearly whimsical remark did not cast any doubt on her ability to be impartial and did not require any further inquiry by the court. The second prospective juror gave an unequivocal assurance that a negative experience in his prior jury service would not affect his impartiality, and his use of the phrase "I don't think so," viewed in context, clearly does not warrant a different conclusion ( People v. Chambers, 97 N.Y.2d 417, 419).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.


Summaries of

People v. Guzman

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Apr 29, 2004
6 A.D.3d 359 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
Case details for

People v. Guzman

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE GUZMAN…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Apr 29, 2004

Citations

6 A.D.3d 359 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004)
775 N.Y.S.2d 844

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