Legal Opinion
People v. Rodriguez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 22, 1999PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered January 12, 1994, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
*714Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
During jury selection, the defense raised an objection pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79), regarding the prosecution’s use of peremptory challenges to exclude an Hispanic panelist from the jury. The prosecution offered race-neutral explanations for the challenge, which rendered the issue of a prima facie showing academic (see, Hernandez v New…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- People v. BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- People v. GuidiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. FabersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- People v. FieldsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000