People v. Bolling

OPINION OF THE COURT

Simons, J.

These appeals, involving application of the rules developed in Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79), raise two questions: (1) whether a prima facie showing of discrimination may be *320established before completion of the jury selection process and (2) whether defense counsel established a prima facie case that the prosecution had violated the Equal Protection Clauses of the Federal and State Constitutions by exercising peremptory challenges for discriminatory purposes (US Const 14th Amend; NY Const, art I, § 11). In People v Bolling, we hold that defense counsel…