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People v. Mondejar

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

Decided November 20, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Erlbaum, J.), rendered June 5, 1997, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, burglary in the second degree, and unlawful imprisonment in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

During jury selection, the defendant raised an objection pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79), regarding the prosecution’s use of a peremptory challenge to exclude a black prospective juror from the panel. The prosecution offered a race-neutral explanation for the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. People v. PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. People v. SantiagoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000

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