Legal Opinion

People v. Jenkins

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 27, 1995PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lipp, J.), rendered February 28, 1992, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

After the court’s finding of a prima facie reverse-Baison pattern of purposeful discrimination, the defense counsel was asked to give a reason for her peremptory challenge to juror number 3. She indicated, "I didn’t feel comfortable with him. First of all, being from Borough Park, to me that might be a neighborhood where he might be uncomfortable with…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. People v. KernNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. People v. MiddletonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  4. People v. CatalaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. DavisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  2. People v. McLaughlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  3. People v. BlydenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

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