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PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 83.

30 N.Y.3d 933 (2017)

88 N.E.3d 303

66 N.Y.S.3d 145

2017 NY Slip Op 07159

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PHILLIP WRIGHT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn W.L. Fahey , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Mark W. Vorkink of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez , Acting District Attorney, Brooklyn ( Jean M. Joyce and Leonard Joblove of counsel), for respondent.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, New York City ( Tiffany E. Payne and Mark G. Matuschak of counsel), Lindsay A. Lewis , Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York City, and Richard D. Willstatter , Committee of the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, for National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and another, amici curiae.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges RIVERA, STEIN, FAHEY, GARCIA, WILSON and FEINMAN concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

Defendant Phillip Wright challenges his conviction of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (Penal Law § 265.03 [3]) on the ground that the trial court erred in denying his for-cause challenge to a prospective juror. Pursuant to CPL 270.20 (1) (b), a prospective juror may be challenged for cause if the juror evinces "a state...

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