Legal Opinion

People v. Zapata

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided August 1, 2012PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Latella, J.), rendered September 15, 2010, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the Supreme Court erred in denying his Batson application (see Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79, 96 [1986]) regarding the prosecution’s use of peremptory challenges to three prospective Latino jurors is without merit. “It is incumbent upon a party making a Batson challenge to articulate and develop all of the grounds…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. People v. ContesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. People v. RomeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2006
  4. People v. HawkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
  5. People v. ChildressNew York Court of Appeals · 1993

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. WallaceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  2. People v. FenelonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. People v. SmallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. People v. AlvardoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2022
  5. People v. HicksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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