PEOPLE v. PEREZ


261 A.D.2d 146 (1999)

692 N.Y.S.2d 299

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. HECTOR PEREZ, Appellant.

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

Decided May 6, 1999.


The court properly found that the prosecutor provided raceneutral explanations for peremptorily striking the prospective jurors in question and that defendant failed to meet his burden of establishing intentional discrimination. The court's findings with respect to pretextuality are entitled to great deference (People v Hernandez, 75 N.Y.2d 350, 356, affd 500 U.S. 352), particularly where the...

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