DECISION ORDER
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Jones, J.), rendered March 25, 1997, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and assault in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's challenge to a prospective juror for cause, as the juror ultimately assured the court that he could be objective and reach a verdict based on the evidence alone (see, People v. Harris, 247 A.D.2d 630, 631-632 ; People v. Soto, 235 A.D.2d 349 ; People v. Pagan, 191 A.D.2d 651, 652 ).
The sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80, 86 ).
ALTMAN, J.P., H. MILLER, SCHMIDT, and SMITH, JJ., concur.