Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
After the defense objected to the prosecution's use of peremptory challenges to exclude black jurors, the prosecutor offered race-neutral explanations for her challenges. The trial court conducted an "`inquiry into such circumstantial and direct evidence of intent as may be available'" (Batson v Kentucky,
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