Opinion
January 24, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Beal, J.).
Defendant failed to preserve his CPL 30.30 speedy trial claim by merely asserting that the People had not been ready for trial within six months, without any factual support for his claim (CPL 470.05; see, People v. Thomas, 200 A.D.2d 419). Were we to reach this claim in the interest of justice, we would find that the includable time does not exceed the 150 days which the court charged to the People.
Defendant's argument that the court erred in denying his Batson objection to the prosecutor's peremptory challenge to a black male prospective juror is unpreserved since defendant made only a race-based Batson objection and never argued that the prosecutor improperly considered gender in exercising his peremptory challenge. We see no reason to reach this claim in the interest of justice because the defendant was admittedly seeking to purge women from the jury. Thirteen of defendant's fourteen peremptory challenges were directed at women.
We have considered defendant's remaining contention and find it without merit.
Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Wallach, Kupferman and Ross, JJ.