People v. Morales

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Mason, J.), rendered October 8, 1998, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the court’s charge regarding his decision not to testify was erroneous and prejudicial is not preserved for appellate review (see, People v Autry, 75 NY2d 836, 839; People v Quinones, 235 AD2d 437). In any…