Legal Opinion
People v. Johnson
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 13, 2003PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert J. Collini, J.
The defendant is charged with robbery in the first degree et al. A jury trial was commenced before this court on May 13, 2003.
*418During voir dire the court, sua sponte, ruled that the prosecution had discriminatorily used several peremptory challenges after observing that six of its first seven challenges were used to excuse African-American jurors. After a hearing, at which the court followed the three-step process set forth in Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79, 94 [1986]), one of the challenged jurors was reseated. The prosecutor then requested that he be…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. KernNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. SmocumNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
- People v. BoulwareNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. LucianoNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
- United States v. AlemanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- People v. LucianoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- Youngblood v. BrownDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006