Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Although defendant established a prima facie case of "purposeful discrimination", the prosecutor proffered reasonably specific race-neutral reasons for his use of peremptory challenges to exclude three black members of the jury panel (Batson v Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79; People v Scott, 70 N.Y.2d 420). We have reviewed defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be lacking in merit.