—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alvin Schlesinger, J.), rendered October 26, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The court’s determination that defense counsel exercised a peremptory challenge in a discriminatory manner is entitled to great deference on appeal, and is supported by the record (see, People v Hernandez,