Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Marcellus Day, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-09-18
Citations: 43 A.D.3d 707
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Marcellus Day, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 43
Pages: 707–707

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Marcellus Day, Appellant.
[841 NYS2d 861]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy L. Kahn, J.), rendered May 24, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 4V2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.
Regardless of its merit, defendant's argument that the court improperly denied his challenge for cause to a prospective juror is not a basis for reversal, because this panelist was excused through the exercise of one of the People's peremptory challenges. Thus, defendant was not prejudiced (see People v Stone, 239 AD2d 872 [1997], lv denied 90 NY2d 943 [1997]). Concur— Andrias, J.E, Buckley, Catterson, Malone and Kavanagh, JJ.