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PEOPLE v. GARCIA

Ind. No. 2648/17. Appeal No. 15854-15854A. Case Nos. 2019-1986, 2020-04129.

205 A.D.3d 432 (2022)

167 N.Y.S.3d 500

2022 NY Slip Op 02959

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. George Garcia, Appellant.

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

Decided May 3, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean , Center for Appellate Litigation, New York ( Katharine Skolnick of counsel), for appellant.

Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Samuel Z. Goldfine of counsel), for respondent.

Concur— Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Friedman, Rodriguez, Pitt, JJ.

The court providently exercised its discretion in its limitations on voir dire (see generally People v Jean, 75 N.Y.2d 744, 745 [1989]; People v Pepper, 59 N.Y.2d 353, 358-359 [1983]). The court appropriately prohibited counsel from questioning prospective jurors regarding their views on self-defense, because justification was not a defense to the weapon possession charges that defendant...

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