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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 360.25 — Trial jury; challenge for cause of an individual juror
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 360: Jury Trial, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 360.25
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
360.25 Trial jury; challenge for cause of an individual juror.
1. A challenge for cause is an objection to a prospective member of
the jury and may be made only on the ground that:
(a) He does not have the qualifications required by the judiciary law;
or
(b) He has a state of mind that is likely to preclude him from
rendering an impartial verdict based upon the evidence adduced at the
trial; or
(c) He is related within the sixth degree by consanguinity or affinity
to the defendant, or to the person allegedly injured by the crime
charged, or to a prospective witness at the trial, or to counsel for the
people or for the defendant; or that he is or was a party adverse to any
such person in a civil action; or that he has complained against or been
accused by any such person in a criminal action; or that he bears some
other relationship to any such person of such nature that it is likely
to preclude him from rendering an impartial verdict; or
(d) He is to be a witness at the trial; or where a prosecutor's
information was filed at the direction of a grand jury, he was a witness
before the grand jury or at the preliminary hearing; or
(e) He or she served on a trial jury in a prior civil or criminal
action involving the same incident charged; or where a prosecutor's
information was filed at the direction of a grand jury, he or she served
on the grand jury which directed such filing.
2. All issues of fact or questions of law arising on the challenge
must be tried and determined by the court. The provisions of subdivision
two of section 270.20 with respect to challenges are also applicable to
the selection of a trial jury in a local criminal court.
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