Opinion
May 22, 1995
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Clabby, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find unpersuasive the defendant's contention that he was denied a fair trial as a result of the introduction of evidence of a prior uncharged crime. This evidence related to the defendant's possible involvement in drug trafficking, and it was properly before the jury "as supporting the informational predicate for the initial police pursuit" (People v Wells, 134 A.D.2d 545), and "was relevant to the officer's motive for placing the defendant under arrest" (People v Muriell, 128 A.D.2d 554, 555).
The defendant's additional contention that the People failed to establish that he knew that the cocaine he possessed weighed at least one-half ounce, as required by Penal Law § 220.16 (12), is unpreserved for appellate review (see, People v Gray, 86 N.Y.2d 10; People v Hill, 85 N.Y.2d 256; People v Bynum, 70 N.Y.2d 858; People v Okehoffurum, 201 A.D.2d 508), and we decline to review the issue in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction. Bracken, J.P., Joy, Friedmann and Florio, JJ., concur.