PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS


2 N.Y.3d 725 (2004)

811 N.E.2d 1

778 N.Y.S.2d 739

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. EDWARD WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 25, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Laura I. Appleman and Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Meredith Boylan and Susan Axelrod of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith, Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. Defendant was convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees (Penal Law § 265.03 [2]; § 265.02 [4], respectively) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree (Penal Law § 220.06 [5]).

The court called 18 prospective jurors for the initial round of jury selection. Of those, seven were ultimately...

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