People v. Dixon

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J.), rendered October 22, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 4V2 to 9 years,, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s contention that the court failed to follow the three-step protocol set forth in Batson v Kentucky (476 US 79) is unpreserved for appellate review (People v De Los Angeles, 270 AD2d 196), and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find…