PEOPLE v. GAINES


258 A.D.2d 921 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 920

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. GLASTON GAINES, Appellant.

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

Decided February 10, 1999.


Judgment unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:

County Court properly granted the People's motion to dismiss a sworn juror for cause while jury selection was still in progress (see, CPL 270.15 [4]). We defer to the assessment of the trial court that the juror had "a state of mind that [was] likely to preclude [her] from rendering an impartial verdict based upon the evidence adduced at the trial" (CPL 270.20 [1] [b]; see, People v Torpey,

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