It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is reversed on the law and a new trial is granted.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of, inter alia, burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25 [2]), defendant contends that Supreme Court erred in permitting the prosecutor to exercise a peremptory challenge to exclude a black prospective juror. We agree. Following defendant's Batson objection, the prosecutor...
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