Opinion
February 10, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Broomer, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's claim that the court's initial charge was coercive, thereby denying him a fair trial, has not been preserved for appellate review (CPL 470.05; People v Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245). In any event, the claim is without merit inasmuch as the court's instructions were essentially neutral and did not coerce the jurors to reach a certain verdict, or any verdict (see, People v. Pagan, 45 N.Y.2d 725; People v Bowen, 134 A.D.2d 356; cf., People v. McGee, 76 N.Y.2d 764; People v. Cook, 176 A.D.2d 341).
We have considered the defendant's contention that he was improperly sentenced to the maximum prison term permitted based upon the court's dissatisfaction with his past criminal record and find it to be without merit (People v. Burton, 150 A.D.2d 788; People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Bracken, J.P., Lawrence, Miller and Copertino, JJ., concur.