PEOPLE v. CORTES

2018-01197. Ind. No. 2014/16.

204 A.D.3d 939 (2022)

164 N.Y.S.3d 877

2022 NY Slip Op 02561

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melchor Cortes, Appellant.

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

Decided April 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Pazner , New York, NY ( Alice R. B. Cullina of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz , District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY ( Johnnette Traill , Ellen C. Abbot , and Benjamin E. Mannion of counsel), for respondent.

Iannacci, J.P., Rivera, Chambers and Wooten, JJ., concur.


Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for a new trial.

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of criminal contempt in the first degree and aggravated harassment in the second degree. A new trial is required because the Supreme Court erred in denying the defendant's for-cause challenge to a prospective juror.

A prospective juror may be challenged for cause on several grounds...

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