People v. Samms
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Holdman, J.), rendered July 23, 2007, convicting him of assault in the first degree, robbery in the first degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The determination at stage three of the Batson inquiry (see Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79 [1986]; People v Wells, 7 NY3d 51, 58 [2006]), whether a facially valid reason for challenging a prospective juror is genuine or pretextual, is purely an issue of fact…
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