People v. Andrews

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Wetzel, J.), rendered January 27, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of auto stripping in the second degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and possession of burglar’s tools, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 2 to 4 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s application pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) was properly denied. The record supports the court’s finding that the People’s challenge to a prospective juror who revealed, during voir dire by defendant,…