Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jonathan Morris, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-06-19
Citations: 273 A.D.2d 412
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jonathan Morris, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 412–413

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jonathan Morris, Appellant.
[711 NYS2d 333]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Wade, J.), rendered July 15, 1998, convicting him of robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Supreme Court properly concluded that the prosecutor's facially-neutral explanations for excusing black female jurors were not pretextual (see, People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101).
The defendant's remaining contention does not require reversal. O'Brien, J. P., Goldstein, Luciano and Smith, JJ., concur.