PEOPLE v. MALDONADO


271 A.D.2d 328 (2000)

706 N.Y.S.2d 876

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SANTOS MALDONADO, Appellant.

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

Decided April 20, 2000.


The court properly exercised its discretion in setting appropriate guidelines for voir dire of prospective jurors (see, People v Boulware, 29 N.Y.2d 135, cert denied 405 U.S. 995). These guidelines clearly permitted inquiry into whether the jurors would follow the court's instruction not to draw an adverse inference in the event that defendant did not testify.

Defendant failed to preserve his claim that the count upon...

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