PEOPLE v. OLMO


260 A.D.2d 410 (1999)

686 N.Y.S.2d 325

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. IVAN OLMO, Appellant.

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

Decided April 5, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

While the defendant has a right "to a particular jury chosen according to law, in whose selection he has had a voice" (People v Ivery, 96 A.D.2d 712), the trial court has broad discretion to control the jury selection process, including the power to excuse prospective jurors (see, People v Vargas, 88 N.Y.2d 363; People v Velasco,

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