People v. Betancort

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Tomei, J.), rendered May 27, 1997, convicting him of murder in the second degree and attempted murder in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contentions with respect to the trial court’s charge on attempted murder in the first degree are unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Thomas, 50 NY2d 467). In any event, the charge, taken in its entirety, conveyed the correct legal standard (see, People v Hernandez, 93 NY2d…