Legal Opinion
People v. Childress
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1993PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
This appeal involving the application of Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) concerns the minimum showing that must be made to establish a prima facie case of unlawful discrimination in the use of peremptory challenges. Also at issue is *265whether the minutes of the voir dire must be furnished in order to obtain relief on appeal under Batson v Kentucky (supra).
Defendant, an African-American, was charged with burglarizing an apartment in Freeport, Long Island. During the selection of the jury preceding his trial, defense counsel asserted that the prosecutor was using his…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- People v. KernNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. BollingNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
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