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THE PEOPLE, etc., respondent, v. HERBERT COUSIN, appellant. (Ind. No. 1765/96)

DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contentions on appeal, the fact that the prosecutor peremptorily challenged the only black potential juror to be questioned during voir dire was insufficient, without more, to establish a prima facie case of purposeful discrimination (see, Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79; People v. Payne, 88 N.Y.2d 172; People v. Bolling, 79 N.Y.2d 317; People v. Blackford, 256 A.D.2d 619). The defendant did not articulate a sound factual basis for his Batson claim, as he failed to establish the existence of facts and other relevant circumstances giving rise to an inference of purposeful discrimination (see, People v. Childress, 81 N.Y.2d 263, 268; People v. Willingham, 253 A.D.2d 533).

The People's disclosure of a statement by a witness who spoke to the victim after the rape, which the defendant asserted was Brady material, was made in time to afford the defendant an opportunity to use it effectively (see, Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83; People v. Perkins, 227 A.D.2d 572).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit.

RITTER, J.P., SULLIVAN, ALTMAN and FEUERSTEIN, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. COUSIN
(May 15, 2000)