Legal Opinion
People v. Alston
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 19, 1995PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.), rendered January 2, 1992, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The court did not err in permitting a peremptory challenge to stand when the prosecutor explained that she struck the venireperson in question based on his past unemployment (see,Purkett v Elem, 514 US —, —, 131 L Ed 2d 834, 839 [unkempt hair of juror…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- People v. HernandezNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- People v. HarrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. PenaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. HindsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- People v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- People v. DegondeaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. EveretteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996