People v. Suarez

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hanophy, J.), rendered March 12, 1997, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that he was not tried before jurors in whose selection he had a voice is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Hopkins, 76 NY2d 872; People v Martinez, 239 AD2d 205).

In any event, the court did not err in dismissing, without any voir dire by counsel, a prospective juror whose negative response to the…