People v Mendes

Holding The conviction for manslaughter in the first degree was affirmed because the defendant was not entitled to notice of the Grand Jury proceeding before arraignment and the Batson challenge failed. The jury’s verdict was supported by the evidence, including the defendant’s repeated statements of intent to kill and the inference drawn from the severity of the stabbing.

The court’s words

he was not entitled to notice of the Grand Jury proceeding

2026 NY Slip Op 06530, at the official text

defendant did not show that the group against which the prosecutor allegedly discriminated qualified as a cognizable group

2026 NY Slip Op 06530, at the official text

entitled to infer that defendant, who stabbed the victim 35 times, intended to kill the victim

2026 NY Slip Op 06530, at the official text

defendant repeatedly stated his intent to kill the victim as he stabbed her

2026 NY Slip Op 06530, at the official text