Ordered that the judgment is reversed, and a new trial is ordered, to be preceded by a new Wade/Dunaway hearing.
During the first round of voir dire, the prosecutor peremptorily challenged the only member of the venire who was from an Asian background. The defense raised a Batson challenge, and the court found that the defense made a prima facie showing of purposeful discrimination by the People. While the prosecutor initially opposed this finding, she...
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