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People v. Stranton
Citations: 257 A.D.2d 583; 685 N.Y.S.2d 250; 1999 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 137
Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York; January 10, 1999; New York; State Appellate Court
An appeal by the defendant from a judgment rendered on March 18, 1997, by the Supreme Court, Richmond County, resulted in the affirmation of his conviction for first-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree robbery, and second-degree grand larceny. The defendant argued that he was denied his right to exercise peremptory challenges because the court rejected two of them and seated jurors against his objections. This claim was deemed meritless as the defendant's counsel used peremptory challenges predominantly against white male jurors without challenging other jurors of similar backgrounds. The court found the reasons given for these challenges to be racially pretextual. Additionally, the court's modification of its Sandoval ruling, which allowed the prosecutor to question the defendant about the facts of his prior robbery convictions, was upheld due to the defendant's claim of participating in the crime under duress. The appellate court, with Justices O’Brien, Sullivan, Krausman, and Florio concurring, affirmed the lower court's decisions.