Judge's Accommodation Of Religious Needs Of Defendant Upheld

In Trubin v. Mazzuca, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45321 (SDNY, July 6, 2006), a New York federal district court rejected a Muslim prisoner's claim that he was denied his free exercise rights at his burglary trial because the judge refused to completely adjourn jury deliberations on Friday. The court found that the judge had proposed a reasonable accommodation that would have adjourned the proceedings for two hours for the defendant to attend services and then return to the court room.