People v. Jenkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
The pivotal question raised by this appeal concerns the retroactive application of Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79 [1986]) and whether at trial the defendant made a prima facie showing of purposeful discrimination by the prosecutor in her exercise of peremptory challenges to exclude potential black jurors.
By indictment filed on March 28, 1979, defendant and Ronald Johnson were charged with two counts of attempted murder, first degree, robbery in the first and second degrees, and criminal possession of a weapon. After a joint jury trial, both the defendant and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- People v. ScottNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
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