Opinion
December 8, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Joan Sudolnik, J.).
Defendant's various challenges to the court's receipt of expert testimony are unpreserved ( People v. Graves, 85 N.Y.2d 1024; People v. Tevaha, 84 N.Y.2d 879, 881), and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the arresting officer was properly permitted to explain the various schemes of participants in pickpocketing ( People v. Right, 180 A.D.2d 430, lv denied 79 N.Y.2d 952). This brief and limited testimony had a sufficient factual predicate and did not suggest that defendant committed uncharged crimes.
We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.
Concur — Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Wallach and Mazzarelli, JJ.