Defendant's Batson claim was properly rejected. Since the prosecutor disclosed the race-neutral reasons for her peremptory challenges to the two prospective jurors in question, to wit, that they were whispering and laughing instead of paying attention to the proceedings, whereupon the court listened to defense counsel's arguments as to why these reasons were merely pretext for discrimination and then denied the Batson challenge, the court's ruling must be understood...
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