Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Shana Siegel, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-10-06
Citations: 22 A.D.3d 245
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Shana Siegel, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 245–246

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Shana Siegel, Appellant.
[801 NYS2d 531]

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Lewis Bart Stone, J), rendered July 18, 2003, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing her to a term of 30 days, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly denied defendant's application pursuant to Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79 [1986]). The record supports the court's finding that the nondiscriminatory reasons provided by the prosecutor for the challenges in question were not pretextual. This finding is entitled to great deference (see People v Hernandez, 75 NY2d 350 [1990], affd 500 US 352 [1991]). Defendant's remaining arguments on this issue are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice.
The prosecutor's cross-examination of defendant and accompanying summation comments delved into relevant material given defendant's portrayal of herself as small and weak. Concur—Buckley, P.J., Friedman, Sullivan and Nardelli, JJ.