Opinion
November 19, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Carruthers, J.).
Defendant's claim that the undercover officer should not have been allowed to testify anonymously was not preserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the ruling was properly grounded upon concerns for the officer's safety and that defendant has not demonstrated that he was prejudiced thereby ( People v. Washington, 227 A.D.2d 126, 127, lv denied 88 N.Y.2d 996; People v. Kearse, 215 A.D.2d 104, lv denied 86 N.Y.2d 797).
Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Nardelli, Williams and Mazzarelli, JJ.