People v. Middleton

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Wade, J.), rendered August 6, 1996, as amended September 30, 1996 (Schneier, J.), convicting him of robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal impersonation in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment, as amended, is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the court did not err in denying his Batson challenges (Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79) to four peremptory challenges exercised by the prosecutor. The…