ALBANY – A judge erred by not granting a for-cause challenge to seating as a juror the local police chief’s wife, who acknowledged knowing eight of 14 witnesses the prosecution planned to call, the state Court of Appeals decided yesterday.
The Court unanimously ruled that the potential juror’s assurances to Oswego County Court Judge Walter W. Hafner Jr. (See Profile) were insufficient to guarantee her impartiality in the trial of defendant Scott C. Furey.
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