Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court did not commit reversible error in accepting the prosecutor's explanations for excluding a black woman from the jury. Under the circumstances of this case, the trial court was in the best position to observe the prosecutor's demeanor and determine whether his explanations were credible or merely pretexts for racial discrimination (see, People v Jupiter,
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