PEOPLE v. LAWSON

Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted. Memorandum: On remittitur (see, People v Lawson, 136 A.D.2d 929, lv dismissed 70 N.Y.2d 1007), the hearing court's decision that the People failed to meet their burden of giving racially neutral reasons for the exclusion of blacks from the jury is amply supported by the record (see, Batson v Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79; cf., People v Gregory ZZ., 134 A.D.2d 814, 815-816, lv denied 71 N.Y.2d 905).