PEOPLE, res, v. MICHAEL TOLIVER, def-ap

8942. PEOPLE, res, v. MICHAEL TOLIVER, def-ap — Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Bruce D. Austern of counsel), for ap — MICHAEL TOLIVER, APPELLANT PRO SE. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Ryan Gee of counsel), for res — Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), rendered September 13, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of failure to verify registration information under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C) (three counts) and failure to verify annual registration information under that Act, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 2 1/3 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

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8942. PEOPLE, res, v. MICHAEL TOLIVER, def-ap — Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Bruce D. Austern of counsel), for ap — MICHAEL TOLIVER, APPELLANT PRO SE. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Ryan Gee of counsel), for res — Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), rendered September 13, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of failure to verify registration information under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C) (three counts) and failure to verify annual registration information under that Act, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 2 1/3 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly denied defendant’s application pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky (476 US 79 [1986]). The record supports the court’s finding that the nondiscriminatory reasons provided by the prosecutor for the challenges at issue were not pretextual. This determination, based primarily on the court’s assessment of the challenging attorney’s credibility, is entitled to great deference (see Snyder v. Louisiana, 552 US 472, 477 [2008]; People v. Hernandez, 75 NY2d 350 [1990], affd 500 US 352 [1991]). The prosecutor explained that she had challenged the three panelists at issue based, respectively, on their unusual clothing, educational background, and employment. The prosecutor was not required to show that these rationales were related to the facts of the case, and we find no basis to disturb the court’s findings (see People v. Hecker, 15 NY3d 625, 656, 663-665 [2010]).

PEOPLE, res, v. MICHAEL TOLIVER, def-ap

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