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JUROR NEVER STATED SHE COULD PUT ASIDE HER BIAS IN FAVOR OF POLICE OFFICERS, FOR CAUSE CHALLENGE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED.

The Fourth Department reversed defendant’s conviction because a juror who expressed doubt she could be fair because of her close ties to law enforcement never stated she could put aside her bias toward police officers:

Although the prospective juror responded affirmatively to the court’s question whether she could base her decision in the case on what she heard and saw in the courtroom and the general question whether she could be fair and impartial … , she did not provide an “unequivocal assurance that . . . [she could] set aside [her] bias” toward police officers who would testify at the trial … . People v Griffin, 2016 NY Slip Op 08701, 4th Dept 12-23-16

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