Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
After the People had established a prima facie case of racial discrimination by the defense in the exercise of its peremptory challenges during jury selection, the court required defense counsel to provide a race-neutral reason for his challenge of a white juror in the fourth round of jury selection. The court disallowed the challenge, following the three-step inquiry format set out in People v Allen (
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