People v. Maldonado

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grajales, J.), rendered May 2, 1995, convicting him of attempted robbery in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant did not preserve for appellate review his present claim that the court’s response to a juror’s oral inquiry *464was inaccurate and prejudicial, since he failed to raise to the trial court the specific ground he now raises on this appeal (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Balls, 69 NY2d 641, 642; see also, People v Stewart, 81 NY2d 877,…