People v. Cassell

— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment of conviction for criminal possession of stolen property in the first degree and third degree, defendant raises several arguments, only one deserving of our attention. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial because the prosecutor unlawfully used four of eight peremptory challenges to exclude the only black persons remaining in the panel of 38 prospective jurors. We decline to reach this contention because the voir dire was not recorded and there is no basis in the record to…