People v. Braithwaite

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (DeLury, J.), rendered February 17, 1995, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*562Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court properly seated two white jurors who were peremptorily challenged by the defense. The Supreme Court’s determination that the purportedly “race-neutral” reasons proffered by the defense were in fact mere pretexts for racial discrimination is supported by the…