Legal Opinion

People v. Okehoffurum

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

Decided February 7, 1994PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Golia, J.), rendered December 6, 1991, convicting him *509of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial on the ground that the prosecutor exercised his peremptory challenges in a racially discriminatory manner. Even assuming that the defendant made a prima facie showing of discriminatory jury selection, the record supports the trial court’s conclusion that…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. People v. HernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. People v. BynumNew York Court of Appeals · 1987

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. People v. JohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  2. People v. DillonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. People v. CooperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  4. People v. BrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. People v. DouglasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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