Legal Opinion
People v. Delgado
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 4, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hanophy, J.), rendered January 12, 1995, convicting him of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
It is well settled that purposeful racial discrimination by criminal defendants and their counsel in the exercise of peremptory challenges is prohibited under the New York State and Federal Constitutions (see, People v Kern, 75 NY2d 638, cert denied 498 US 824; Georgia v McCollum, 505 US 42).…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Georgia v. McCollumSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People v. SmallsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. CallegariAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- People v. DelgadoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999