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No. 72 SSM 1
The People &c.,
            Respondent,
        v.
Ronnell Jordan,
            Appellant.




          Submitted by Kevin C. Adam, for appellant.
          Submitted by Amy Appelbaum, for respondent.




MEMORANDUM:
          The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
          Defendant failed to preserve his contention that the
trial court discharged prospective jurors based on hardship
without conducting a sufficient inquiry (see People v King, __
NY3d __ [decided herewith]).   Defendant's remaining contentions

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are without merit.




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Rivera, J (dissenting):
            For the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in
People v King (___ NY3d ___, [decided herewith]), I would reverse
the order of the Appellate Division on the sole ground that the
judge's jury selection process denied defendant his right to a
jury trial.
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Order affirmed, in a memorandum. Judges Pigott, Abdus-Salaam,
Stein and Fahey concur. Judge Rivera dissents in an opinion.
Chief Judge DiFiore and Judge Garcia took no part.

Decided March 29, 2016




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