People v. Collins

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Naro, J.), rendered February 10, 2000, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*514Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s Batson challenge (see, Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79) was properly denied since he failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination. To establish a prima facie case, a defendant must demonstrate that members of a cognizable racial group have been…