Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
At trial, defense counsel informed the court that she had made a mistake in exercising her peremptory challenges when she excused juror number 13 instead of juror number 6. She requested the court to discharge juror number 6 even though that juror had been sworn. On appeal, defendant argues that, because of counsel's mistake, defendant was deprived of effective assistance of counsel. We disagree. That inadvertent...
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