Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
After the parties selected a jury and two alternates, the court determined that it would use a third alternate, and suggested that prospective Juror 15 (incorrectly noted as Juror 13), a black woman, fill this role. The prosecutor then exercised a peremptory challenge as to Juror 15. Thereafter, the defense counsel asserted several Batson objections (see, Batson v Kentucky,
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