People v. Roberts

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kolm, J.), rendered January 28, 2008, convicting him of robbery in the second degree (three counts), assault in the third degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*740Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the Supreme Court erred in denying his Batson challenge (see Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79 [1986]) because the prosecutor’s explanation for peremptorily challenging…