People v. Whiteside

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Appelman, J.), rendered February 22, 1996, convicting her of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

During voir dire, the defense counsel exercised a peremptory challenge for a prospective white juror. The court, noting the defense counsel’s pattern of challenging white venirepersons, requested an explanation for the challenge. Although the defense counsel initially claimed that the reason he was challenging the…