PEOPLE v. COOPER

Ind. No. 4311/16. Appeal No. 15752. Case No. 2019-5270.

204 A.D.3d 575 (2022)

165 N.Y.S.3d 299

2022 NY Slip Op 02763

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Chaunrel Cooper, Appellant.

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

Decided April 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caprice R. Jenerson , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York ( Alba Morales of counsel), and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York ( Joseph R. Rausch of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Noreen M. Stackhouse of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Mazzarelli, Shulman, Pitt, JJ.


The court providently exercised its discretion in granting the People's challenge for cause to a prospective juror who repeatedly stated that her work required her to be neutral and not reach judgments. She demonstrated that she had "a state of mind that [was] likely to preclude [her] from rendering an impartial verdict based upon the evidence adduced at the trial" (CPL 270.20[1][b]).

The court providently exercised its discretion in admitting, as past recollection...

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