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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

2019-00990. Ind. No. 953/17.

199 A.D.3d 1017 (2021)

154 N.Y.S.3d 825

2021 NY Slip Op 06627

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Corey Johnson, Appellant.

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

Decided November 24, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Pazner , New York, NY (White & Case, LLP [ Christopher D. Stewart and Abdul M. Hafiz ], of counsel), for appellant.

Melinda Katz , District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY ( Johnnette Traill , Sharon Y. Brodt , and Russell Shapiro of counsel), for respondent.

Mastro, J.P., Brathwaite Nelson, Genovesi and Dowling, JJ., concur.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law and the facts, and a new trial is ordered.

Throughout three rounds of jury selection, the prosecutor exercised five peremptory challenges to exclude prospective black jurors, including S.K. S.K., a school counselor for the New York City Department of Education, indicated that something does not make sense to her when "something doesn't follow logic or kind of like when...

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