The court properly seated a venireperson whom defendant had sought to challenge peremptorily. The court's implicit finding that defendant's preferred race-neutral explanations were pretextual is supported by the record ( see, People v Payne, 88 NY2d 172, 185). Having given both parties ample opportunity to advance their positions, the trial court was entitled promptly to rule on the question of pretext, and defendant failed to raise any objections ( see, supra, at 184).
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.