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PEOPLE v. BIONDO

41 N.Y.2d 483 (1977)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Sebastian Biondo, Also Known as Benny, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 31, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Callahan, John F. Middlemiss, Jr., and Leon J. Kesner, Riverhead, for appellant.

Henry F. O'Brien, District Attorney (Charles M. Newell of counsel), Riverhead, for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

WACHTLER, J.

After a jury trial the defendant, Sebastian Biondo, was convicted of two counts of criminal usury (Penal Law, § 190.40) and was sentenced to a six-month term of imprisonment. On this appeal he asserts that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to allow his challenge for cause of one of the members of the jury under former Code of Criminal Procedure (§ 376, subd 2). He also argues that certain testimony elicited...

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