People v. Lowery

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), rendered June 16, 1992, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, the prosecution made a prima facie showing that the defense counsel had used his peremptory challenges in a racially-discriminatory manner (see, People v Kern, 75 NY2d 638, cert denied 498 US 824; People v Bennett, 186 AD2d 812). The court thus correctly *685requir…