Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly determined that the People's explanations for their peremptory challenges were not pretextual. Under the third step of the Batson analysis, the trial court is required to "undertake `a sensitive inquiry into such circumstantial and direct evidence of intent as may be available'" (Batson v Kentucky,
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