Opinion
June 16, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Jeffrey Atlas, J.).
The court's instruction on the nature of the jury's deliberation process was sufficiently balanced and was not coercive ( see, People v. Alvarez, 86 N.Y.2d 761; People v. Ford, 78 N.Y.2d 878).
Defendants challenge to the court's charge on the impact of his prior conviction upon his credibility is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the instruction, as a whole, conveyed the proper standard.
Concur — Milonas, J. P., Nardelli, Wallach and Saxe, JJ.