Legal Opinion
People v. Grier
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 17, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.), rendered May 21, 1997, convicting him of as*556sault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court did not err in disallowing his peremptory challenges of two Asian prospective jurors on the basis that defense counsel’s facially race-neutral explanations were pretextual. Defense counsel stated that the prospective jurors appeared to be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People v. StrantonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- People v. GarrastazuAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. ReedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
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