Legal Opinion
People v. Celestine
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 6, 1997PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Spires, J.), rendered May 2, 1995, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (three counts) and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
*486Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant challenges the Trial Judge’s acceptance, as nonpretextual, of the People’s explanations for challenging two black venirepersons in the third round of jury selection. The People, having offered facially-neutral reasons…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. JupiterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
3Cited by6 opinions
- People v. NorrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- People v. WynnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. WoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
- People v. CheryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. NorrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
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