PEOPLE v. SERRANO


7 N.Y.3d 730 (2006)

850 N.E.2d 1151

818 N.Y.S.2d 175

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JUAN SERRANO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Carol A. Zeldin and Robert S. Dean of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Grace Vee and David M. Cohn 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. The trial court did not abuse its discretion by calling 44 people for simultaneous voir dire questioning.

Defendant was arrested during a buy-and-bust operation in June 2001 for selling heroin. He was convicted of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree (Penal Law § 220.39 [1]). At the start of jury selection, the trial court called 44...

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