Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find no merit to the defendant's contention that the prosecutor's explanations for his peremptory challenges were pretextual. Once the defense made a prima facie showing of purposeful racial discrimination, the burden shifted to the People to provide facially race-neutral explanations for its challenges (see, Batson v Kentucky,
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