People v. Marcus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*1047In Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79, 94-98 [1986]), the United States Supreme Court formulated a three-step test to assess whether peremptory challenges have been used to exclude potential jurors on the basis of race, gender, or other protected categories (see People v Smocum, 99 NY2d 418, 421 [2003]). In step one, the moving party must make a prima facie case of purposeful discrimination by “showing that the facts and circumstances of the voir dire raise an inference that the other party excused one or more jurors for an impermissible reason” (id. at 421). If the moving party makes a prima facie…
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