PEOPLE v. MORANT

No. 4904/1995.

70 Misc.3d 854 (2020)

136 N.Y.S.3d 685

2020 NY Slip Op 20330

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. PAUL MORANT, Defendant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. SANTIAGO VALDEZ, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Queens County.

Decided December 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Covington & Burling LLP, New York City ( Alan Vinegrad and Ishita Kala of counsel), for defendants.

Melinda Katz , District Attorney ( Bryce Benjet and Alexis Celestin of counsel), for plaintiff.


OPINION OF THE COURT

"The Constitution forbids striking even a single prospective juror for a discriminatory purpose" (Foster v Chatman, 578 U.S. 488, ___, 136 S.Ct. 1737, 1747 [2016] [internal quotation marks omitted]), for such purposeful discrimination during jury selection...

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