People v. Rivera

*718Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buchter, J.), rendered January 18, 2012, convicting him of burglary in the second degree, burglary in the third degree, possession of burglar’s tools, and criminal mischief in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the Supreme Court erred in disallowing his peremptory challenge to a prospective juror because defense counsel provided a sufficient race-neutral explanation for the challenge (see Batson v Kentucky, 476 US 79 [1986];…