Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eddie Lassic, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-10-05
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 303
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eddie Lassic, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 303–303

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eddie Lassic, Appellant.
[678 NYS2d 281]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Thorp, J.), rendered May 21, 1993, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant argues that he was deprived of a fair trial because the prosecutor exercised three racially-motivated peremptory challenges against black venirepersons in violation of Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79). However, the defendant failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that the race-neutral explanations proffered by the prosecutor were merely pretextual (see, People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101; People v Hernandez, 75 NY2d 350, affd 500 US 352; People v Waldo, 221 AD2d 390; People v Gooden, 220 AD2d 683).
The defendant's remaining contention is without merit. Bracken, J. P., Copertino, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.