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PEOPLE v. WATSON

4033/09, 15595.

141 A.D.3d 23 (2016)

31 N.Y.S.3d 478

2016 NY Slip Op 03688

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SHAEQUAWN WATSON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 10, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York City (Jody Ratner of counsel), for appellant.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Melanie A. Sarver and Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for respondent.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., RICHTER and GISCHE, JJ., concur with MANZANET-DANIELS, J.; FRIEDMAN, J., dissents in a separate opinion.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The issue in this case is whether the prosecution exercised its peremptory challenges in a discriminatory manner when it struck all African American males from a panel of prospective jurors.

During the first round of voir dire, nine jurors were...

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