People v. Harper

The defendant’s claim that the prosecutor misused his peremptory challenges to exclude black venirepersons is belied by the record, which reveals that the jury which convicted him included four blacks and that at least two, and possibly *594all three, of the alternates were black (see, People v Bush, 112 AD2d 1046). Furthermore, we note that the Assistant District Attorney did not exhaust all of his peremptory challenges despite the fact that four blacks remained on the jury.

It is apparent from a review of the record that the defendant was provided with "meaningful representation”, thus…