People v. McLeod
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J., on speedy trial motion; Harold Silverman, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered December 24, 1998, convicting defendant of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the second degree, and sentencing him to 6 years to life in prison, unanimously affirmed.
In the second round of jury selection, the court noted sua sponte that the prosecutor had exercised seven consecutive peremptory challenges against black prospective jurors. Asked to provide a racially neutral explanation, the prosecutor stated, with respect to four of…
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