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281 A.D.2d 559

People v. Graves

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 2001-03-19

Decided 2001-03-19

¶1—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lott, J.), rendered September 9, 1996, convicting him of murder in the second degree and attempted murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

¶2Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

¶3There is no basis to disturb the trial court’s determination that the prosecutor’s facially-neutral explanations for excusing black female jurors were not pretextual (see, People v Allen, 86 NY2d 101; see also, People v Barnes, 261 AD2d 281; People v Haywood, 251 AD2d 255).

¶4Evidence of the defendant’s prior bad acts was properly admitted to establish his motive and intent. The prejudice to the defendant did not outweigh the probative value of the evidence (see, People v Alvino, 71 NY2d 233, 242; People v Molineux, 168 NY 264; see also, People v Pons, 159 AD2d 471, 474).

¶5Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v Contes, 60 NY2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt of murder in the second degree beyond a reasonable doubt (see, Penal Law § 125.25 [3]).

¶6The defendant’s remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are without merit. Bracken, P. J., Ritter, Goldstein and Feuerstein, JJ., concur.

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