Opinion
1999-09103
Argued May 9, 2002.
June 10, 2002.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Demakos, J.), rendered September 1, 1999, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Melissa S. Horlick of counsel), for appellant, and appellant pro se.
Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Kew Gardens, N Y (John M. Castellano, Nicoletta J. Caferri, and Kristen Marcelle of counsel), for respondent.
Before: SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, J.P., GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, LEO F. McGINITY, STEPHEN G. CRANE, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the prosecutor, in response to his Batson challenge (see Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79), failed to relate the prospective juror's employment as a social worker to the facts of this case. This argument was not asserted before the trial court and therefore is not preserved for appellate review (see People v. Stephens, 84 N.Y.2d 990, 991-992).
The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit (see CPL 470.05).
FEUERSTEIN, J.P., GOLDSTEIN, McGINITY and CRANE, JJ., concur.