New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 270.25 - Trial jury; peremptory challenge of an individual juror.

270.25  Trial jury; peremptory challenge of an individual juror.
1.   A peremptory challenge is an objection to a prospective juror for
  which no reason need be assigned.   Upon any peremptory  challenge,  the
  court must exclude the person challenged from service.
2.    Each  party  must  be allowed the following number of peremptory
  challenges:
(a)  Twenty for the regular jurors if the highest crime charged  is  a
  class A felony, and two for each alternate juror to be selected.
(b)   Fifteen for the regular jurors if the highest crime charged is a
  class B or class C felony, and  two  for  each  alternate  juror  to  be
  selected.
(c)    Ten for the regular jurors in all other cases, and two for each
  alternate juror to be selected.
3.   When two or more defendants are  tried  jointly,  the  number  of
  peremptory challenges prescribed in subdivision two is not multiplied by
  the  number  of  defendants,  but such defendants are to be treated as a
  single party.  In any such case, a peremptory challenge by one  or  more
  defendants  must be allowed if a majority of the defendants join in such
  challenge.  Otherwise, it must be disallowed.

Last modified: February 3, 2019