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PEOPLE v. BRIDGEFORTH

No. 207.

28 N.Y.3d 567 (2016)

46 N.Y.S.3d 824

2016 NY Slip Op 08586

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSEPH BRIDGEFORTH, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 22, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn W.L. Fahey , Appellate Advocates, New York City ( Tammy E. Linn of counsel), for appellant.

Richard A. Brown , District Attorney, Kew Gardens ( Danielle S. Finn , Merri Turk Lasky , Robert J. Masters , John M. Castellano , Johnnette Traill and Joseph N. Ferdenzi of counsel), for respondent.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York City ( Alice Hsu , Joseph L. Sorkin , Stan Chiueh and Sofie Syed of counsel), and Vinay Harpalani , Savannah Law School, for Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and others, amici curiae.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal requires us to consider whether skin color of a prospective juror is a cognizable classification upon which a challenge to a prosecutor's use of peremptory strikes under Batson v Kentucky (476 U.S. 79 [1986...

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