Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Erickson Phillip, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-01-16
Citations: 279 A.D.2d 537
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Erickson Phillip, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 279
Pages: 537–537

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Erickson Phillip, Appellant.
[718 NYS2d 879]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Schulman, J.), rendered December 10, 1998, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly determined that the prosecutor's facially-neutral explanations for excusing two black prospective jurors were not pretextual (see, People v Payne, 88 NY2d 172; see also, People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101).
The defendant's remaining contention is unpreserved for appellate review. Bracken, Acting P. J., Altman, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.