Legal Opinion
People v. Blancero
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 30, 1997PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hall, J.), rendered January 26, 1996, convicting him of endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
We agree with the defendant that the prosecutor impermissibly used his peremptory challenges to exclude prospective jurors of Italian-American descent in violation of Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79; see, Purkett v Elem, 514 US 765; People v Payne, 88 NY2d 172; People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101; People v McMichael,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- People v. BollingNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Reyes v. GreinerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2004
- People v. BlanceroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- People v. BlanceroNew York Supreme Court · 2001