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Grand Jury Proceeding Not Tainted by Excused Juror’s Statements About Having Arrested and Having Been Threatened by Defendant

The Third Department reversed County Court’s dismissal of indictments based upon a finding the integrity of the grand jury had been impaired.  A potential grand juror was excluded after stating he had arrested the defendant at least once and the defendant had threatened his family.  The Third Department wrote:

The prosecutor immediately excused this juror and instructed the remaining grand jurors to disregard and ignore the comment and to base their deliberations solely on the evidence provided by the sworn witnesses. While County Court found the prosecutor’s efforts in that regard to be inadequate, “the grand jury is presumed to have followed the prosecutor’s curative instructions, dispelling any prejudice to [] defendant”….  Furthermore, given the strength of the evidence supporting the indictments, the grand juror’s comment lacked the potential to prejudice the grand jury’s ultimate decision….   Accordingly, dismissal of the indictments was unwarranted.  People v Farley, 103105, 3rd Dept 6-27-13

 

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