Legal Opinion
People v. Martinez
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 12, 2001PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert Straus, J.), rendered May 18, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the first degree and two counts of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 20 years to life, 16 years to life and 16 years to life, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly granted the People’s objection made pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) to a defense peremptory challenge. The court’s determination that defendant’s race-neutral reason for challenging the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- People v. HernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- People v. RouseNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
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