Legal Opinion
People v. Covington
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 28, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Friedman, J.), rendered March 27, 1995, convicting him of grand larceny in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
During the third round of jury selection in this case, the People made a challenge under Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79), claiming that the defense counsel had established a pattern of challenging and striking people of Hispanic origin from the jury. The defendant does not challenge the court’s finding that the People had established a prima facie…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. RichieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. JupiterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. TownsendAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. DonawaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. RamirezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. NixonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000