Defendant's claim that the court should have excused a juror for cause based on his allegedly disqualifying statements during voir dire, notwithstanding the absence of any challenge, is not only unpreserved but unreviewable. By statute (CPL 270.20 [2]), an allegedly erroneous failure to excuse a prospective juror for cause is only cognizable when a defendant challenges the panelist for cause, the court denies the challenge, the defendant (who, as here, has peremptory challenges...
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