People v. Salton

The defendant’s Batson application (see Batson v Kentucky, *761476 US 79 [1986]) was properly denied, as he failed to make the requisite prima facie showing of discrimination (see People v Brown, 97 NY2d 500 [2002]; People v Jenkins, 84 NY2d 1001 [1994]; People v Fryar, 29 AD3d 919 [2006]). In the absence of a record demonstrating adequate circumstances supporting a prima facie case, “the defendant failed to establish a pattern of purposeful exclusion sufficient to raise an inference of discrimination” (People v Bolling, 79 NY2d 317, 325 [1992]; see People v Childress, 81 NY2d 263, 268…