PEOPLE v. VELEZ


222 A.D.2d 539 (1995)

634 N.Y.S.2d 758

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Velez, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

December 11, 1995


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Upon learning that an article had appeared in a local newspaper on the prior day regarding the defendant's prior conviction as a sex offender, the trial court asked the jurors whether anyone had seen or read anything about the case. One juror came forward and, upon inquiry, in the presence of counsel, admitted that he had read the article after a second juror had pointed it out to...

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