Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On appeal, the only issue raised by the defendant concerns whether he provided the trial court with a sufficient race-neutral explanation for peremptorily challenging juror No. 11. Thus, this Court's review in the instant case focuses only on steps two and three of the three-step process in determining whether an exercise of a peremptory strike is infected by purposeful discrimination (see, People v Payne,
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