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PEOPLE v. STIFF

206 A.D.2d 235 (1994)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Douglas Stiff, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

December 12, 1994

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. Weinstein, New York City (Daniel Hsiung of counsel), for appellant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn (Roseann B. MacKechnie, Ruth E. Ross, Charles D. Day and Joseph Tucker of counsel), for respondent.

RITTER, J. P., SANTUCCI and HART, JJ., concur.

COPERTINO, J.

The issue to be decided on this appeal is whether the holding of Batson v Kentucky (476 U.S. 79) and, more importantly, the rules of law which have evolved since Batson, preclude a criminal defendant from using his peremptory challenges to exclude potential jurors because they do not belong to a particular racial group. We conclude that such...

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