People v. Hayes

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered September 25, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree (four counts), robbery in the second degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s arguments relating to jury selection are similar to arguments rejected by this Court on the codefendant’s appeal (People v Smith, 303 AD2d 206 [2003], lv denied 100 NY2d 543 [2003]), and…