Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bryant Pettiford, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-12-16
Citations: 234 A.D.2d 483
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Bryant Pettiford, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 234
Pages: 483–483

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Bryant Pettiford, Appellant.
[651 NYS2d 895]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garson, J.), rendered February 27, 1995, convicting him of robbery in the second degree and grand larceny in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find no basis in the record to disturb the trial court's determination to seat a prospective juror after its finding that defense counsel's race-neutral explanation for challenging that juror was pretextual (see, People v Payne, 88 NY2d 172; People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101). Bracken, J. P., Pizzuto, Santucci and Friedmann, JJ., concur.