Holtzman v. Supreme Court

In an action for a judgment declaring, inter alia, that judicial enforcement of peremptory challenges by criminal defendants and their counsel to exclude prospective jurors on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Federal and State Constitutions, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Rosato, J.), rendered March 7, 1988, which granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

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