Legal Opinion
People v. Guzman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 28, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Sherman, J.), rendered June 25, 1991, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
*643Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
During jury selection, the defense raised an objection pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) regarding the prosecution’s use of peremptory challenges to exclude African-American panelists from the jury. The prosecution offered race-neutral explanations for each challenge, rendering the issue of the prima facie…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. MorrisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. RodriguezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- People v. ElienAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997