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PEOPLE v. STEPHENS

84 N.Y.2d 990 (1994)

646 N.E.2d 804

622 N.Y.S.2d 502

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. William Stephens, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Zolot, New York City, Richard Joselson and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Richard A. Brown, District Attorney of Queens County, Kew Gardens (Gregory C. Pavlides and Steven J. Chananie of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant's claim that the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to strike African-American women from the jury violated the ruling of Batson v Kentucky (476 U.S. 79) is not preserved for our review.

In 1986, the Supreme Court ruled in Batson that a prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges...

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