Legal Opinion
People v. Adams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 23, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cohen, J.), rendered February 14, 1996, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the trial court did not commit reversible error in accepting the prosecutor’s explanations for excluding a black woman from the jury. Under the circumstances of this case, the trial court was in the best position to observe the prosecutor’s demeanor and determine whether his explanations were credible or merely…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- People v. JupiterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. CliffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. CarelockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. RicksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. McIlwainAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999