People v. Brooks

— Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Boklan, J.), rendered October 1, 1987, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree and conspiracy in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant, citing Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79), contends that he was deprived of his right to a fair trial because the…