Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The trial court erred in denying the defendant's challenge for cause with respect to a juror who stated that if somebody was accused of a crime, "that person would need to say, I wasn't here. I was there or I couldn't have done this because I did thus and such" (see, CPL 270.20 [1] [b]; People v Blyden,
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