PEOPLE v. LIGHT


260 A.D.2d 404 (1999)

687 N.Y.S.2d 712

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. TONY LIGHT, Also Known as JAMES GERARDES, Appellant.

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

Decided April 5, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant was convicted of crimes arising from his breaking into the complainant's car and attempting to drive it away. During the course of jury selection, one of the jurors noted that his mother's car and his own car had been broken into. The court asked if that would affect the way he listened to the evidence, and the prospective juror...

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