People v. Maddox

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree. Defendant’s argument that the prosecutor improperly impeached the credibility of a defense witness is not preserved for our review because defendant failed to object to the prosecutor’s cross-examination of that witness (see, CPL 470.05 [2]). The argument is without merit in any event. The witness, defendant’s mother, testified on direct examination that she had given defendant the money found in. his possession at the time of his…