People v. Maples

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered December 10, 1998, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (three counts), assault in the second degree (two counts), resisting arrest, and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The record supports the trial court’s determination that the defendant’s proffered explanation for challenging a prospective white juror was…