Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Ainsworth Hunter, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-10-09
Citations: 243 A.D.2d 292
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ainsworth Hunter, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 292–292

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Ainsworth Hunter, Appellant.
[664 NYS2d 516]

Opinion:
Judgment Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Stadtmauer, J.), rendered October 6, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of 12 V2 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.
The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. Defendant's course of conduct and the surrounding circumstances, viewed as a whole, supports the inference that defendant intended to kill the victim (cf., People v Wiggins, 191 AD2d 364, lv denied 81 NY2d 1021).
Defendant failed to present the trial court with a prima facie case of prosecutorial discrimination during jury selection. He did not present any factors or circumstances to support a prima facie case suggesting purposeful exclusion (Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79, 94; People v Bolling, 79 NY2d 317, 325). Defendant's remaining claims are without merit. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Ellerin and Nardelli, JJ.