People v. Coleman

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Herbert Altman, J.), rendered February 20, 1997, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 3V2 to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s challenge to the court’s sua sponte pre-voir dire excusal of two jurors, without input from counsel, is a claim *220requiring preservation (People v Martinez, 239 AD2d 205, lv denied 90 NY2d 895), and we decline to review this unpreserved claim in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the…