Ordered that the amended judgment is affirmed.
The County Court properly discharged a juror just prior to opening statements, over the defendant's objection, on the ground of "illness or other incapacity" (CPL 270.35 [1]), since the juror was in her final month of pregnancy and, under the particular circumstances of this case, continued service would have posed a hardship to her (see People v Parson,
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