Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant and co-defendant Donovan Foster were tried in November 1992 for murder in the second degree. During the voir dire, the People attempted to exercise a peremptory challenge against a prospective juror. The court called the attorneys to the bench and requested a racially neutral explanation for the challenge. The prosecutor was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation, and...
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