People v Mulverhill

Holding The court reversed the judgment and ordered a new trial because the trial court improperly denied for-cause challenges to prospective jurors who expressed bias based on the number of charges. The court found that the jurors were not adequately rehabilitated, and the defendant’s exhaustion of peremptory challenges rendered the error reversible.

The court’s words

Defendant's exhaustion of his peremptory challenges renders any error in County Court's denial of his for-cause challenges reversible error

2026 NY Slip Op 06588, at the official text

Prospective juror No. 94's statements undoubtably signaled that he had already formed an opinion in the matter

2026 NY Slip Op 06588, at the official text

The People should not have been permitted to circumvent the Sandoval ruling by introducing such evidence during their own case-in-chief

2026 NY Slip Op 06588, at the official text