Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louis Bracero, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-01-12
Citations: 257 A.D.2d 419
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Louis Bracero, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 419–419

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Louis Bracero, Appellant.
[682 NYS2d 353]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Martin Marcus, J.), rendered November 16, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's application made pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) was properly denied. The record supports the court's findings that the prosecutor's explanations for the disputed challenges were gender-neutral and nonpretextual. Such findings are entitled to great deference on appeal and we decline to disturb them (People v Hernandez, 75 NY2d 350, affd 500 US 352). Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Williams, Mazzarelli and Saxe, JJ.