People v. Reid

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene Silverman, J.), rendered July 24, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly found a defense peremptory challenge to be pretextual and seated the juror. The record of jury selection as a whole supports the court’s credibility-based determination, which is entitled to great deference (People v Hernandez, 75 NY2d 350, affd 500 US 352), that the stated reasons for the…