PEOPLE v. BRITO

7906. 3022/15.

167 A.D.3d 516 (2018)

88 N.Y.S.3d 341

2018 NY Slip Op 08747

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Brito, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 20, 2018.


The court providently exercised its discretion in denying defendant's challenge for cause to a prospective juror. The panelist's responses, viewed as a whole, and with particular reference to her final statements to the court, as viewed in context, provided an unequivocal assurance that she could be fair and not be influenced by a crime committed against her niece (see People v Chambers, 97 N.Y.2d 417, 419 [2002]).

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