People v. Black

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John Bradley, J.), rendered September 11, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, criminal use of a firearm in the first degree and two counts each of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life, I2V2 to 25 years, 7V2 to 15 years (twice), and 3V2 to 7 years (twice), unanimously affirmed.

According due deference to the court’s assessment of defendant’s proffered explanation for the peremptory challenge…