People v. MacShane

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Term should be affirmed.

Defendant Dermot MacShane failed to meet his burden of establishing a prima facie case of discrimination under step one of the three-step protocol in Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79 [1986]). As this Court has held, “sketchy assertions” and the fact that the prospective jurors “indicated no reason why they could not serve fairly” are, standing alone, generally insufficient to establish a prima facie case of discrimination (see People v Childress, 81 NY2d 263, 267, 268 [1993]).

Here, defense counsel simply asserted…