PEOPLE v. COLLINS

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that during the course of jury selection, the court improperly allowed the prosecutor to exercise a race-based peremptory challenge in violation of Batson v. Kentucky ( 476 U.S. 79). Appellate review of this issue was forfeited upon the defendant's plea of guilty (see, People v. Hansen, 95 N.Y.2d 227, 231; People v. Green, 75 N.Y.2d 902). Furthermore, as part of his plea bargain, the defendant voluntarily waived appellate review of this issue and his contention that the court erred in denying his motion to suppress physical evidence (see, People v. Kemp, 94 N.Y.2d 831).