It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of, inter alia, murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [3]), defendant contends that the prosecutor's reason for excluding two prospective jurors in response to his Batson challenge, i.e., that individuals who work in the field of education tend to be more "forgiving," was pretextual because...
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