Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The Trial Judge accepted as nonpretextual the People's explanations for challenging two black venirepersons in the third round of jury selection. Having offered facially race-neutral reasons for challenging these two jurors, the People satisfied their burden of overcoming an inference of discrimination (see, Batson v Kentucky,
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