PEOPLE v. BELLE


277 A.D.2d 143 (2000)

715 N.Y.S.2d 701

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WENDELL BELLE, Appellant.

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

Decided November 28, 2000.


The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's challenges for cause to two prospective jurors and his request for reopening of voir dire of another (see, People v Johnson, 94 N.Y.2d 600; People v Torpey, 63 N.Y.2d 361). The prospective juror whose friend had been a victim of sexual assault did not express any doubt about her ability to be fair and impartial. While the...

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