Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. John Billini, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-01-26
Citations: 257 A.D.2d 513
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Billini, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 257
Pages: 513–513

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v John Billini, Appellant.
[682 NYS2d 591]

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered December 18, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 12 V2 to 25 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant's inadequate showing of a Batson violation justified the court's summary denial of his claim. Moreover, defendant was not prejudiced by the lack of a further opportunity to be heard, because the existing record clearly shows that defendant would not have been able to make out a prima facie case of discrimination. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Nardelli, Williams and Andrias, JJ.