People v. Izzo

We find the defendant’s contention that reversal is warranted because of certain improprieties committed by the trial court to be meritless. The defendant did not object to the court’s charge on circumstantial evidence and, accordingly, this claim of error is unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Edwards, 147 AD2d 586). In any event, a review of the record shows that the circumstantial *718evidence charge delivered by the court, when read as a whole, adequately stated the principles of law necessary to permit the jury to properly evaluate the evidence (see, People v…