Opinion
July 29, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grajales, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).
While the defendant raises Batson issues (see, Batson v Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79) regarding five of the People's peremptory challenges of black prospective jurors (one of those challenges was disallowed), this Court has already reviewed these claims and additional ones raised upon the appeals of the defendant's codefendants and found no Batson error (see, People v Miranda, 223 A.D.2d 728; People v. Jacobs, 223 A.D.2d 726). Nothing that the defendant has raised requires a different result in this case.
The sentence was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).
We have considered the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. O'Brien, J.P., Sullivan, Joy and McGinity, JJ., concur.