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PEOPLE v. RIVERA

8494. 3285/09.

169 A.D.3d 576 (2019)

92 N.Y.S.3d 888

2019 NY Slip Op 01344

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

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

Decided February 26, 2019.

The court correctly denied defendant's challenge for cause to a prospective juror. Although the panelist originally demonstrated a misapprehension of the burden of proof in criminal cases, he then repeatedly and unequivocally affirmed that he would follow the court's instructions regarding the law, regardless of whether they conflicted with his own understanding (see People v Bludson, 97 N.Y.2d 644, 645-646 [2001]; People v Johnson...

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