Opinion
June 10, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kay, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The reasons proffered by the prosecutor for excusing two black jurors were race-neutral on their face, and the trial court's acceptance of those reasons is entitled to great deference (see, People v. Allen, 86 N.Y.2d 101). Although the prosecutor gave no reasons for peremptorily challenging certain black jurors after the second round of jury selection, the defendant at that juncture did not ask for reasons or raise a claim pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky ( 476 U.S. 79). Accordingly, his claim on appeal that the prosecutor exercised his peremptory challenges in a racially-discriminatory fashion during the second round of jury selection is unpreserved for appellate review.
The defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review, without merit, or constitute harmless error. Bracken, J.P., O'Brien, Goldstein and Florio, JJ., concur.