Legal Opinion
People v. Fergas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 1, 2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kreindler, J.), rendered January 5, 1999, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
During the fourth round of jury selection, the People raised a reverse-Batson objection (see, Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79) based upon the defendant’s exercise of his peremptory challenges to exclude all four Hispanic prospective jurors. The trial court ruled that the prosecutor made a prima facie showing of discrimination, and asked the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. RichieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- People v. BaileyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- People v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. RamirezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- People v. RascoeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. LockwoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. ShaheedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010