PEOPLE v. ALLEN


86 N.Y.2d 101 (1995)

653 N.E.2d 1173

629 N.Y.S.2d 1003

The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Robert L. Allen, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Winn, District Attorney of Washington County, Fort Edward (NancyLynn S. Ferrini of counsel), and Valerie Friedlander, Albany, for appellant.

Gregory V. Canale, Glens Falls, and William V. Canale for respondent.

James M. Catterson, Jr., District Attorney of Suffolk County, Hauppauge (Gregory C. Pavlides and Steven J. Chananie of counsel), for New York State District Attorneys Association, amicus curiae.

Judges SIMONS, TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur.


Chief Judge KAYE.

Determining whether a party has exercised peremptory challenges to strike potential jurors for reasons that implicate equal protection concerns is described as a three-step process (Batson v Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 96-98; Hernandez v New York, 500 U.S. 352, 358, affg 75 N.Y.2d 350...

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