Defendant's for-cause challenge of a prospective juror should have been granted. The challenged venire person, after informing the court that his apartment had been burglarized years earlier, stated that he could not pay attention to the case, and could not be a fair juror since he "come[s] from a law enforcement family." On further inquiry, he was asked by the court whether he could listen to witnesses and decide whether the prosecutor had proven defendant's guilt beyond...
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