PEOPLE v. CASTRO


265 A.D.2d 221 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 15

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DARIO CASTRO, Appellant.

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

Decided October 21, 1999.


The court correctly found that, following a pattern of striking white male potential jurors, defense counsel's explanation for peremptorily challenging a white male juror was pretextual in violation of Batson v Kentucky (476 U.S. 79). The challenged white male juror was similarly situated to a seated Hispanic male juror, and the totality of the record supports the court's conclusion that defendant applied their status as crime victims...

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