United States Second Circuit

Denial of plaintiffs' applications for writs of habeas corpus are affirmed over their claim that the State utilized peremptory challenges of prospective jury members in a racially discriminatory manner.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2005
• Published 10/27/2005

Judges

• SACK, Circuit Judge., Before:  OAKES, KEARSE, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark B. Gombiner, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division, Appeals Bureau, New York, NY, for Petitioners-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• John M. Castellano, Assistant District Attorney, Queens County (Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Gary Fidel, Assistant District Attorney, of counsel), Kew Gardens, NY, for Respondents-Appellees.