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—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kreindler, J.), rendered January 5, 1999, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We have previously examined the issues raised on this appeal on the codefendant’s appeal (see, People v Fergas, 272 AD2d 340 ). In Fergas, we held that the trial court properly determined that the facially race-neutral reasons proffered by the codefendant’s counsel in response to the People’s reverse Batson objection were pretextual (see, People v Louis, 239 AD2d 435 ; People v Richie, 217 AD2d 84 ; People v Bailey, 200 AD2d 677 ; see also, People v Willard, 226 AD2d 1014 ; People v Jupiter, 210 AD2d 431 ). The same result is required here, since the defendant’s counsel also proffered reasons which were pretextual in response to the People’s reverse-Batson objection. O’Brien, J. P., Friedmann, Smith and Cozier, JJ., concur.
Cases cited
- People v. Fergas 272 AD2d 340 p. 524
- People v. Richie 217 AD2d 84 p. 524
- People v. Bailey 200 AD2d 677 p. 524
- People v. Willard 226 AD2d 1014 p. 524
- People v. Jupiter 210 AD2d 431 p. 524