Opinion
June 7, 1993
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Egitto, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the prosecutor improperly bolstered the eyewitnesses' testimony by eliciting and commenting upon certain testimony by the investigating police detective. The defendant contends that this caused the jury to infer that some eyewitnesses to the crimes had identified the defendant as the perpetrator of the crime but did not testify at the trial. This, according to the defendant, deprived him not only of a fair trial but also violated his constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him (US Const 6th, 14th Amends; N.Y. Const, art I, § 6).
The defendant's bolstering claims are unpreserved for appellate review and, in any event, without merit.
The defendant has similarly failed to preserve for appellate review his claim that the trial court erred in failing to specifically charge the jury on identification (see, People v Thomas, 50 N.Y.2d 467). In any event, the defendant's contention is without merit because, viewed as a whole, the charge was sufficient (see, People v. Douglas, 149 A.D.2d 613). Balletta, J.P., Rosenblatt, Miller and Joy, JJ., concur.