People v. Jones
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (DeLury, J.), rendered January 27, 1992, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was convicted, on an acting in concert theory, of the shooting of an individual who had allegedly robbed a drug sale location the defendant was guarding.
The racially-motivated use of peremptory challenges violates both the State and Federal Constitutions whether they are made by the defense or the prosecution (see, Hernandez v New…
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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- People v. MondelloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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