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PEOPLE v. TORRES

284 A.D.2d 105 (2001)

725 N.Y.S.2d 845

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE TORRES, Appellant.

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

Decided June 5, 2001.

The People's application pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 U.S. 79) was properly granted. The record supports the court's determination that the reasons offered by defense counsel for her peremptory challenges of three prospective jurors were pretextual. The court properly noted counsel's failure to apply the same reasoning and standards to other similarly situated jurors whom she did not challenge. Such determinations are entitled...

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