PEOPLE v. JENKINS


75 N.Y.2d 550 (1990)

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Alexander Jenkins, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney (Jonathan R. Walsh and Billie Manning of counsel), for appellant.

James A. Cohen for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


ALEXANDER, J.

On this appeal from an order of the Appellate Division, reversing defendant's conviction, after jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and ordering a new trial because the prosecutor purposefully excluded blacks from the petit jury in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (Batson v Kentucky, 476...

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