People v. Abreu

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Friedman, J.), rendered March 10, 1998, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, assault in the second *645degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court properly disallowed one of his peremptory challenges during jury selection as being discriminatory (see, Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79). The defense counsel did not meet his burden of proffering a…