The court providently exercised its discretion in denying defendant's belated challenge for cause to a selected juror (see CPL 270.15[2]). Although the juror had not been sworn, jury selection had been completed, and defendant's request was for substitution of an alternate. Furthermore, the specific arguments defendant made at the time of the challenge did not require excusal of the juror for cause, and defendant did not request that the juror be recalled.
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