Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
Defense counsel's challenge for cause of a potential juror who repeatedly indicated that he needed to "hear both sides of the story" before making a decision was rejected by the trial court. The court failed to conduct further inquiry, and the juror never unequivocally stated that he could render an impartial
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