People v. Jordan
| Citation | 237 A.D.2d 141,654 N.Y.S.2d 141 |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Flanders JORDAN, Defendant-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Samuel McCRAY, Defendant-Appellant. |
| Decision Date | 11 March 1997 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court Appellate Division |
Ilisa T. Fleischer, for Respondent.
Robert W. Mauriello, Jr., for Defendant-Appellant, Flanders Jordan.
Daniel Hsiung, for Defendant-Appellant, Samuel McCray.
Before ELLERIN, J.P., and WALLACH, WILLIAMS and MAZZARELLI, JJ.
Judgments, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.) rendered January 24, 1991 and March 18, 1991, convicting each defendant after a joint jury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentencing defendant Jordan, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 11 to 22 years and sentencing defendant McCray, as a persistent violent felony offender, to a term of 17 years to life, unanimously affirmed. Orders, same court and Justice, entered on or about June 17, 1992 and May 25, 1993, which, inter alia, directed a hearing, and thereafter denied, defendant Jordan's motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate judgment, unanimously affirmed.
We find the record of the voir dire portion of this case, as presented on the appeals, sufficiently complete to determine the Batson claims raised by defendants (People v. Childress, 81 N.Y.2d 263, 268, 598 N.Y.S.2d 146, 614 N.E.2d 709). The record demonstrates that, even though defendants failed to establish a clear pattern of purposeful discrimination in the first instance, the prosecutor provided nonpretextual race neutral reasons for the use of the peremptory strikes against the jurors, whose dismissals are challenged on appeal by defendants (see, People v. Payne, 88 N.Y.2d 172, 181, 643 N.Y.S.2d 949, 666 N.E.2d 542; cf. People v. Rodriguez, 211 A.D.2d 275, 627 N.Y.S.2d 614, appeal dismissed 88 N.Y.2d 917, 646 N.Y.S.2d 982, 670 N.E.2d 223), and that defendants had ample opportunity to address the prosecutor's reasons for his use of particular peremptory challenges.
The court's statements to the panel during voir dire regarding the defendant's decision whether or not to testify do not warrant reversal (see, People v. Koberstein, 66 N.Y.2d 989, 990-991, 499 N.Y.S.2d 379, 489 N.E.2d 1281).
The trial court's dismissal of an ill juror and of another juror who admitted that the cancellation of her travel plans would affect her ability to deliberate, while retaining three...
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