People v. Fowler

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Edward Davidowitz, J.), rendered June 25, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence. There is no basis upon which to disturb the jury’s determinations concerning identification and credibility.

Defendant’s application pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) was properly denied. The court properly found that the prosecutor provided a nonpretextual…