People v. Mohabir

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Zayas, J.), rendered April 29, 2011, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and unlawful sale or possession of an imitation firearm, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s Batson challenge (see Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79 [1986]) was properly denied, as he failed to make the *852requisite prima facie showing of discrimination. In order to establish a prima facie case of discrimination in the selection of jurors under Batson, a defendant must show that the…