Opinion
2014-06-18
The PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. Reginald MONROE, appellant.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Barry Stendig of counsel), for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Daniel Bresnahan of counsel), for respondent.
Lynn W.L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Barry Stendig of counsel), for appellant. Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (John M. Castellano, Ellen C. Abbot, and Daniel Bresnahan of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Lasak, J.), rendered January 4, 2012, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's belated peremptory challenge to an unsworn juror after both sides had accepted the juror and the court had begun to entertain challenges regarding the next group of prospective jurors ( see CPL 270.15; People v. Hecker, 15 N.Y.3d 625, 917 N.Y.S.2d 39, 942 N.E.2d 248;People v. Alston, 88 N.Y.2d 519, 647 N.Y.S.2d 142, 670 N.E.2d 426;People v. Brown, 52 A.D.3d 248, 248, 859 N.Y.S.2d 175;People v. Leakes, 284 A.D.2d 484, 484, 726 N.Y.S.2d 869;People v. Smith, 278 A.D.2d 75, 76, 718 N.Y.S.2d 305;cf. People v. Rosario–Boria, 110 A.D.3d 1486, 1486–1487, 972 N.Y.S.2d 798;People v. Parrales, 105 A.D.3d 871, 872, 962 N.Y.S.2d 663;People v. Jabot, 93 A.D.3d 1079, 1080–1081, 941 N.Y.S.2d 311). SKELOS, J.P., DILLON, MALTESE and BARROS, JJ., concur.