PEOPLE v. ARIAS


267 A.D.2d 244 (1999)

699 N.Y.S.2d 309

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. AUGUSTO ARIAS, Appellant.

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

Decided December 6, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

During jury selection, the defense counsel argued that the prosecutor exercised peremptory challenges to exclude three prospective jurors on the basis of their race in violation of Batson v Kentucky (476 U.S. 79). The prosecutor provided raceneutral explanations which the defense counsel contended were pretextual. We agree with the Supreme Court that the reasons given were not...

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