People v. Brown

— Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree and petit larceny. He contends that the court’s preliminary jury instruction was erroneous; that evidence of an uncharged crime was improperly admitted; and that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case.

Defendant did not object to the court’s preliminary instruction and thus has failed to preserve the issue for our review (CPL 470.05 [2]). Moreover, even if we were to reach that argument, it is totally lacking in merit. The court’s…