PEOPLE v. NIEVES


259 A.D.2d 302 (1999)

684 N.Y.S.2d 784

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE NIEVES, Also Known as JORGE NIEVES, Appellant.

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

Decided March 9, 1999.


The court's determination that the race-neutral reason offered by the prosecutor for the peremptory challenge at issue was nonpretextual is supported by the record and entitled to great deference (see, People v Wint, 237 A.D.2d 195, lv denied 89 N.Y.2d 1103), and we decline to disturb that determination.

The court's charge, viewed as a whole, conveyed the proper principles concerning the elements of the crimes charged...

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