People v. Buntley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court properly rejected defendant’s Batson claim. The prosecutor offered a race-neutral explanation for the dismissal of a prospective juror, i.e., that the decision-making ability of the prospective juror might be affected by the fact that her husband’s relatives previously had encounters with the criminal justice system (see, People v Craig, 194 AD2d 687, Iv denied 82 NY2d 716; see generally, People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101, 109). “Defendant’s contention that the prosecutor’s reason was pretextual is unpreserved for our review because defendant…
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