The court improperly denied defendant's challenge for cause to a prospective juror who stated that 20 years earlier her apartment had been broken into and she was assaulted. When asked whether, as a result of this experience, she would "tend more favorably to determine the credibility of someone who claims that [he was] the victim of a crime," the prospective juror said she could not "be certain until [she heard] the testimony." When further asked, "So, at this point you...
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