People v. Dixon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bracken, J. P.
In a criminal case, neither the prosecutor nor the attorney for the defendant may, through the exercise of peremptory challenges, seek to exclude the members of a "cognizable group” from the jury which is ultimately to be selected and which is ultimately to decide the defendant’s fate (see, Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79; Georgia v McCollum, 505 US —, 112 S Ct 2348; People v Kern, 75 NY2d 638). Women comprise a cognizable group for purposes of applying the Batson rule (see, J E. B. v T. B., 511 US —, 114 S Ct 1419; see also, People v Irizarry, 165 AD2d 715;…
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