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DURING THE BATSON PROCEDURE, THE PROSECUTOR’S RACE-NEUTRAL EXPLANATION FOR A PEREMPTORY JUROR CHALLENGE WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE RECORD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE COURT, NEW TRIAL ORDERED; TWO-JUSTICE DISSENT (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, over a two-justice dissent, determined the race-neutral explanation for the prosecutor’s peremptory challenge to a juror was not borne out by the record. A new trial was ordered. The prosecutor argued the prospective juror referred to police conduct as “harsh.” But the prospective juror was apparently commenting on general differences between living in Rochester and Brooklyn, not the police:

We conclude that reversal is required because the race-neutral reason proffered by the prosecutor and accepted by the court is not borne out by the record … . Although the record need not conclusively establish that a prospective juror actually harbors bias in order for a bias-based peremptory challenge to withstand review under Batson … , a proffered race-neutral reason cannot withstand a Batson objection where it is based on a statement that the prospective juror did not in fact make … . Here, the record does not support the prosecutor’s characterization of the prospective juror’s statements. We therefore reverse the judgment and grant a new trial on count one of the indictment … . People v Coleman, 2021 NY Slip Op 03695, Fourth Dept 6-11-21

 

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