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PEOPLE v. MEJIAS

Nos. 67, 68.

21 N.Y.3d 73 (2013)

989 N.E.2d 26

966 N.Y.S.2d 764

2013 NY Slip Op 3263

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MIGUEL MEJIAS, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 7, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lewis , Sleepy Hollow, for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Peluso & Touger, LLP, New York City ( Robert Moore and David Touger of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , New York City ( Timothy C. Stone and Dana Poole of counsel), for respondent in the first and second above-entitled actions.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PIGOTT, J.

In People v Buford (69 N.Y.2d 290, 299 [1987]), we held that before a trial court dismisses a sworn juror as "grossly unqualified" under CPL 270.35, it must first "question [the] allegedly unqualified juror individually in camera in the presence of the attorneys and defendant" and conduct "a probing and tactful inquiry" in order to...

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