Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
A peremptory challenge by a criminal defendant that is ostensibly based upon a prospective juror's status as a crime victim is not pretextual on its face and should not be determined to be pretextual in the absence of evidence that such challenges have been applied in a discriminatory manner (see, People v Taylor,
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