PEOPLE v. RIVERA


225 A.D.2d 392 (1996)

640 N.Y.S.2d 483

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Carlos Rivera, Appellant

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

March 19, 1996


Defendant failed to meet his burden, on the third step of his Batson challenge, of showing that the reasons offered by the prosecutor for his challenge of a Hispanic juror were pretextual (see, People v Allen, 86 N.Y.2d 101; Purkett v Elem, 514 US ___, 115 S.Ct. 1769). With one exception, defendant failed to argue that the reasons advanced by the prosecutor were pretextual...

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