PEOPLE v. MAISONET


209 A.D.2d 297 (1994)

618 N.Y.S.2d 718

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Francisco Maisonet, Appellant

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

November 17, 1994


The record supports the trial court's sua sponte determination of the existence of a prima facie showing of gender discrimination after counsel suggested that female jurors were more likely than male jurors to believe a female witness (see, J.E.B. v Alabama ex rel. T.B., 511 US ___, 114 S.Ct. 1419), and its rejection of counsel's explanation for his peremptory challenges which offered no gender-neutral reasons why he rejected a female juror who was a...

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