People v. Sprague

Case held, decision reserved and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of two counts of sodomy in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.50 [3]) and one count each of sexual abuse in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.65 [3]) and endangering the welfare of a child (Penal Law § 260.10 [1]). Defendant contends, inter alia, that Supreme Court failed to articulate the basis for sustaining the People’s Batson challenge to defendant’s exercise of a peremptory strike with…