Legal Opinion

People v. Duncan

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

Decided March 13, 1992PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Balio, J.

Defendant appeals from his conviction for manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, stemming from the shooting death of Shawn Stokes in a restaurant in the City of Buffalo. His principal contention on appeal is that the prosecutor’s exercise of peremptory challenges to exclude two Black prospective jurors violated his constitutional right to equal protection of the laws (see, US Const, 14th Amend, § 1; NY Const, art I, § 11; Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79; People v Hernandez, 75 NY2d 350, affd 500 US —, 111 S Ct…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Ford v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. People v. HernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. People v. SatloffNew York Court of Appeals · 1982

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Richard Cotto v. Victor Herbert, Warden, Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
  2. People v. PrimmAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
  3. People v. WintAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. DixonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. People v. BennettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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