MATTER OF CARUSO v. WETZEL


33 A.D.3d 161 (2006)

818 N.Y.S.2d 506

In the Matter of STEPHEN CARUSO, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM A. WETZEL, Respondent.

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

July 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Caruso, petitioner pro se.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Charles F. Sanders of counsel), for respondent.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., SAXE, NARDELLI and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SULLIVAN, J.

Petitioner pro se brings this CPLR article 78 proceeding to vacate an order finding him in summary contempt and imposing a fine of $1,000. On June 30, 2005, during a voir dire to determine the jury panel in a criminal proceeding—a kidnapping case in which the victim was allegedly forced into a car at gunpoint—petitioner, a prospective juror, was asked whether he could be an impartial juror. The following exchange...

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