Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. James Fields, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-10-30
Citations: 276 A.D.2d 801
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v James Fields, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 276
Pages: 801–802

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v James Fields, Appellant.
[715 NYS2d 151]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (F. Rivera, J.), rendered November 12, 1997, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
In support of his motion pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79), the defendant alleged sufficient facts to raise an inference that the prosecutor was engaging in race-based discrimination. In response, the prosecutor offered two race-neutral justifications for the exercise of her peremptory challenge of the prospective juror (see, People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101). Since the record supports the conclusion that the defendant "failed to prove that the reason[s] given by the prosecutor [were] pretextual" (People v Rose, 258 AD2d 483, 484), the trial court properly sustained the peremptory challenge (see, People v Rodriguez, 259 AD2d 713).
Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15 [5]). Sullivan, J. P., S. Miller, H. Miller and Smith, JJ., concur.