PEOPLE v. HARDY


61 A.D.3d 616 (2009)

877 N.Y.S.2d 329

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. LEVORN HARDY, Appellant.

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

Decided April 30, 2009.


The court properly denied defendant's application pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 U.S. 79 [1986]). The prosecutor explained that she had challenged the panelist at issue because she believed the panelist, as an aspiring social worker, might be sympathetic to the defense. This was a nonpretextual reason (see People v Wint, 237 A.D.2d 195, 197-198 [1997], lv denied 89 N.Y.2d 1103 [1997...

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