People v. Smiley

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Gazzillo, J.), rendered June 5, 2008, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that the arresting detective should not have been allowed to testify as an expert is unpre-served for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]), and we decline to review that contention in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the jury verdict…