Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant contends that the prosecutor's explanation for exercising a peremptory challenge with respect to a prospective juror was a pretext for purposeful discrimination. We disagree. The prosecutor provided a race-neutral reason for challenging that prospective juror, a substance abuse counselor at a correctional facility (see, e.g., People v McArthur,
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