The People &c., Respondent, v. Antonio Tevaha, Appellant

84 N.Y.2d 879, 644 N.E.2d 1342, 620 N.Y.S.2d 786 (1994).
October 20, 1994

1 No. 256 SSM 32 [1994 NY Int. 159] Decided October 20, 1994
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports.

Submitted by Linda Burde, for appellant.
Submitted by Daniel A. Lowenthal, III, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM:

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

Defendant's sole claim of error -- that he was denied a fair trial when the court permitted testimony by the arresting officer regarding the general practices of drug sellers -- has not been preserved for our review. Defense counsel simply made a general objection when the testimony was proffered, and failed to advise the trial court that the present claimed error was the basis for his objection. The word "objection" alone was insufficient to preserve the issue for our review (see, People v Fleming, 70 NY2d 947, 948; People v West, 56 NY2d 662, 663).

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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules, order affirmed, in a memorandum. Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Simons, Titone, Bellacosa, Smith, Levine and Ciparick concur.