People v. Westcott

The defendant claims that he was deprived of his rights of confrontation and due process as a result of the admission of certain "indirect hearsay” from which the jury could have drawn incriminating inferences. However, since the defendant failed to raise any objection to the court’s curative instructions concerning the hearsay statements or to the testimony elicited thereafter, which he now argues resulted in incriminating inferences, the issue is not preserved for appellate review as a matter of law (see, CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Pellechia, 144 AD2d 704, 705; People v Mack, 143 AD2d 686).…