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DEFENDANT SUFFICIENTLY RAISED THE FIRST STEP OF A BATSON CHALLENGE TO A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE EXERCISED BY THE PEOPLE, BUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE BATSON PROCEDURE WERE NOT TAKEN, ALTHOUGH DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED AFTER A JURY TRIAL, THE MATTER WAS REMITTED TO COMPLETE THE BATSON PROCEDURE (FOURTH DEPT). 

The Fourth Department determined defendant had adequately raised a Batson challenge to the prosecutor’s removal of a juror. Because the next steps in the Batson procedure were not taken the case was remitted for that purpose (after a jury trial and conviction):

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We agree with defendant that he met his initial burden on his Batson application by demonstrating that the prosecution exercised a peremptory challenge to remove a member of a cognizable racial group from the venire, “and that there exist facts and other relevant circumstances sufficient to raise an inference that the prosecution used its peremptory challenge[] to exclude [that] potential juror[] because of [her] race”… . We note that “the first-step burden in a Batson challenge is not intended to be onerous” … , and that the initial burden is met when ” the totality of the relevant facts gives rise to an inference of discriminatory purpose’ ” … . Here, defendant is African-American, and the first prospective juror to be peremptorily challenged by the People was the only African-American on the panel. Neither the People nor defendant asked any questions of the prospective juror at issue during voir dire, and County Court’s general questioning of the panel raised no issues that would distinguish her from the other prospective jurors. Inasmuch as there is a basis in the record to infer that the People exercised the peremptory challenge in a discriminatory manner, the burden shifted to the People to articulate a nondiscriminatory reason for striking the juror, and the court then should have determined whether the proffered reason was pretextual … . We therefore hold the case, reserve decision, and remit the matter to County Court for that purpose … . People v Davis, 2017 NY Slip Op 06790, Fourth Dept 9-29-17

CRIMINAL LAW (DEFENDANT SUFFICIENTLY RAISED THE FIRST STEP OF A BATSON CHALLENGE TO A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE EXERCISED BY THE PEOPLE, BUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE BATSON PROCEDURE WERE NOT TAKEN, ALTHOUGH DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED AFTER A JURY TRIAL, THE MATTER WAS REMITTED TO COMPLETE THE BATSON PROCEDURE (FOURTH DEPT))/JURORS (CRIMINAL LAW, DEFENDANT SUFFICIENTLY RAISED THE FIRST STEP OF A BATSON CHALLENGE TO A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE EXERCISED BY THE PEOPLE, BUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE BATSON PROCEDURE WERE NOT TAKEN, ALTHOUGH DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED AFTER A JURY TRIAL, THE MATTER WAS REMITTED TO COMPLETE THE BATSON PROCEDURE (FOURTH DEPT))/BATSON PROCEDURE (JURORS, DEFENDANT SUFFICIENTLY RAISED THE FIRST STEP OF A BATSON CHALLENGE TO A PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE EXERCISED BY THE PEOPLE, BUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE BATSON PROCEDURE WERE NOT TAKEN, ALTHOUGH DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED AFTER A JURY TRIAL, THE MATTER WAS REMITTED TO COMPLETE THE BATSON PROCEDURE (FOURTH DEPT))

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