People v. Posner

and votes to affirm the judgment appealed from with the following memorandum: In the matter at bar, the prosecutor charged that the attorney for the defendant, who was white, was engaging in a systematic pattern of peremptorily challenging non-white jurors on the basis of race (see, e.g., People v Stiff, 206 AD2d 235, lv denied 85 NY2d 867, cert denied — US —, 116 S Ct 107). The court demanded that defense counsel give race-neutral reasons for his challenges. In subsequent colloquy, the court accepted some of the reasons proffered by defense counsel, but overrode two others. Of these, the…