PEOPLE v. PIZARRO


7 N.Y.3d 840 (2006)

857 N.E.2d 51

823 N.Y.S.2d 756

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE COSME PIZARRO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided September 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Peter D. Coddington 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.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of four counts of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to 75 years to life imprisonment. On this appeal, defendant asserts that the trial judge should have declared a mistrial. He claims that a juror concealed his personal knowledge about the case during jury selection...

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