DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and are determined to have been established.
We agree with the defendant's contention that the trial court erred in denying his challenge for cause to one of the prospective jurors. Where there is evidence that a prospective juror's state of mind is likely to preclude him or her from rendering an impartial verdict (see, CPL 270.20[1][b]), the juror must state unequivocally that he or she would be able to render a verdict based solely on the evidence adduced at trial (see, People v. Johnson, N.Y.2d [Apr. 13, 2000]; People v. Torpey, 63 N.Y.2d 361, 367 ;People v. Blyden, 55 N.Y.2d 73, 77-78 ). Here, the prospective juror responded "Yes" when asked if, upon learning that the defendant had prior felony convictions, she might believe "if he had done it before he might do it again". Such a response indicated that the prospective juror had a "state of mind that is likely to preclude [her] from rendering an impartial verdict based upon the evidence adduced at trial" (CPL 270.20[1][b]; see, People v. Johnson, supra; People v. Torpey, supra; People v. Blyden, supra; People v. Light, 260 A.D.2d 404 ; People v. White, 260 A.D.2d 413 ).
The trial court's failure to grant the defendant's challenge for cause of this juror constituted reversible error because the defendant had exhausted all of his peremptory challenges prior to the completion of jury selection (see, CPL 270.20[2]; People v. Torpey, supra, at 365; People v. White, supra; People v. Molinari, 252 A.D.2d 532 ).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.