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People v. Keene

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 13, 1995
213 A.D.2d 494 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)

Opinion

March 13, 1995

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Cooperman, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

It is unnecessary for us to reach the issue of whether African-American women constitute a cognizable group for purposes of a Batson challenge (see, Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79). Even assuming that African-American women can be considered a separate category, we conclude, on the record before us, that the defendant failed to establish a prima facie case of purposeful discrimination by the prosecution in the exercise of its peremptory challenges (see, People v. Jenkins, 84 N.Y.2d 1001; People v. Bolling, 79 N.Y.2d 317, 325).

The defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review and we decline to review them in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction. Bracken, J.P., Pizzuto, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Keene

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 13, 1995
213 A.D.2d 494 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
Case details for

People v. Keene

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RODERICK KEENE…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 13, 1995

Citations

213 A.D.2d 494 (N.Y. App. Div. 1995)
624 N.Y.S.2d 898

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