Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
During the jury voir dire, the People objected to the defendant's use of peremptory challenges to exclude "Oriental" jurors from the panel. Without challenging the existence of a prima facie showing of discrimination, the defense counsel volunteered his race-neutral reasons, rendering academic the issue of whether a prima facie showing had been made (see, Hernandez v New York,
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