People v. Griffin

The issue of whether the People made a prima facie showing of a reverse-Batson violation by the defense was rendered academic when the defense offered its race-neutral explanations without first objecting to the court’s finding of a prima facie case (see, Hernandez v New York, 500 US 352, 359; People v Thomas, 210 AD2d 515; People v Jones, 204 AD2d 485).

The charge to the jury relating to the defendant’s flight, read as a whole, conveyed the proper standards to the jury (see, People v Coleman, 70 NY2d 817; People v Harrison, 151 AD2d 501).

The court conducted a pretrial Rodriguez hearing to…