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PEOPLE v. CHAMBERS

97 N.Y.2d 417 (2002)

766 N.E.2d 953

740 N.Y.S.2d 291

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. QUINTIN CHAMBERS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Nowak, Public Defender, Rochester (James Eckert of counsel), for appellant.

Howard R. Relin, District Attorney, Rochester (Wendy Evans Lehmann and Stephen K. Lindley of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY, ROSENBLATT and GRAFFEO concur in per curiam opinion.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree. The sole issue on appeal is whether a prospective juror should have been excused for cause after acknowledging during voir dire that in his view, "trained police officers are good observers" and that he "would tend to believe police testimony to some degree." The following colloquy occurred:

"[DEFENSE COUNSEL]: I just want to be sure a juror...

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