People v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pincus, J.), rendered April 2, 1997, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
After the first round of jury selection, the prosecutor peremptorily challenged four prospective jurors. The court noted that “[t]hey are all black”, and the defense counsel asked for race-neutral reasons for challenging the prospective jurors. The prosecutor was unable to recall a…
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