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p. 483The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Bryant Pettiford, Appellant. [651 NYS2d 895]
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garson, J.), rendered February 27, 1995, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and grand larceny in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find no basis in the record to disturb the trial court’s determination to seat a prospective juror after its finding that defense counsel’s race-neutral explanation for challenging that juror was pretextual (see, People v Payne, 88 NY2d 172 ; People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101 ). Bracken, J. P., Pizzuto, Santucci and Friedmann, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- People v. Payne 88 NY2d 172 p. 483
- People v. Allen 86 NY2d 101 p. 483