Legal Opinion

People v. Morrison

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

Decided January 27, 1997PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.), rendered January 20, 1995, convicting him of attempted aggravated assault upon a police officer, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

During jury selection, the defendant objected, pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79), to the prosecution’s exercise of certain peremptory challenges. The trial court accepted the prosecution’s explanations for the challenges and dismissed the jurors. On appeal, the defendant contends that the court erred in allowing four of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. People v. PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. People v. BennettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  5. People v. GuzmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. People v. SantiagoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  2. People v. RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. People v. WestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
  4. People v. SewardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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