Legal Opinion

People v. Thomas

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 16, 2012PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMalone Jr., J.

Initially, defendant contends that Supreme Court should have required the People to provide race-neutral reasons for the challenges to two potential jurors from the first voir dire panel who were peremptorily challenged by the People. The record reflects that, after the People exercised a peremptory challenge to a female African-American potential juror on the second panel, defense counsel made a Batson challenge, explaining that “[t]here were two black females on the first panel to which the prosecution exercised peremptories.” The court asked the People to respond to the challenge. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. HawkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
  2. People v. SmocumNew York Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. People v. JamesNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
  4. People v. KnowlesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  5. People v. GilmoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. People v. AcevedoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. People v. GraftonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. People v. MustafaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. AcevedoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  5. People v. MustafaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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