People v. Lerrelbouse

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

People v. Lerrelbouse

287 A.D.2d 314, 731 N.Y.S.2d 369, 2001 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9621

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

DecidedOctober 16, 2001

StatusPublished

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People v. Lerrelbouse, 287 A.D.2d 314, 731 N.Y.S.2d 369, 2001 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9621 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2001).

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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered October 14, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s application pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) was properly denied. Batson held that a prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenges cannot be based “solely on account of [potential jurors’] race or on the assumption that black jurors as a group will be unable impartially to consider the State’s case against a black defendant.” (Id. at 89.) There is no proof in this record that the prosecutor used race as a criterion for the exercise of peremptory challenges. Defendant did not substantiate his charge of discrimination (People v Jenkins, 84 NY2d 1001, 1002-1003).

Further, appellate review of Batson objections requires preservation as mandated by CPL 470.05 (2) (People v Jones, 284 AD2d 46), and here, there was none.

Also, a rejection of the claim that use of a peremptory challenge was pretextual is entitled to great deference (People v Reyes, 274 AD2d 323, lv denied 95 NY2d 870).

We perceive no basis for reduction of sentence. Concur— Tom, J. P., Mazzarelli, Wallach, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.

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—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward McLaughlin, J.), rendered October 14, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s application pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) was properly denied. Batson held that a prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenges cannot be based “solely on account of [potential jurors’] race or on the assumption that black jurors as a group will be unable impartially to consider the State’s case against a black defendant.” (Id. at 89.) There is no proof in this record that the prosecutor used race as a criterion for the exercise of peremptory challenges. Defendant did not substantiate his charge of discrimination (People v Jenkins, 84 NY2d 1001, 1002-1003).

Further, appellate review of Batson objections requires preservation as mandated by CPL 470.05 (2) (People v Jones, 284 AD2d 46), and here, there was none.

Also, a rejection of the claim that use of a peremptory challenge was pretextual is entitled to great deference (People v Reyes, 274 AD2d 323, lv denied 95 NY2d 870).

We perceive no basis for reduction of sentence. Concur— Tom, J. P., Mazzarelli, Wallach, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.

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