Opinion
April 21, 1997
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hall, J.), rendered April 19, 1995, convicting him of endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's claim that he was denied a fair trial by the trial court's charge to the jury on the elements of endangering the welfare of a child is not preserved for appellate review since he did not object to the charge as given (see, People v Gray, 86 N.Y.2d 10). Under the circumstances of this case we decline to reach the issue in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction. Pizzuto, J.P., Santucci, Joy and Florio, JJ., concur.