PEOPLE v. BLACK


256 A.D.2d 45 (1998)

682 N.Y.S.2d 138

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN BLACK, Appellant.

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

Decided December 3, 1998.


According due deference to the court's assessment of defendant's proffered explanation for the peremptory challenge that was disallowed, we find that, in view of the record of the entire voir dire, the court properly concluded that the explanation was pretextual (People v Hernandez, 75 N.Y.2d 350, 356-358, affd 500 U.S. 352).

Defendant was properly convicted of criminal use of a firearm...

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