People v. Medaro

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Perone, J.), rendered March 25, 1999, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, attempted robbery in the first degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*253Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In response to the prosecutor’s exercise of a peremptory challenge against a black female venireperson, the defense counsel raised a challenge pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79). The prosecutor…