Opinion
March 9, 1998
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Appelman, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was not denied a fair trial by the police testimony that he was observed exchanging "something" for money with seven people prior to the exchange that led to his arrest. This testimony was inextricably interwoven with the entire transaction and was necessary to complete the narrative ( see, People v. Fadlin, 219 A.D.2d 665; People v. Bowden, 157 A.D.2d 789, 790).
The defendant's argument that the court erred in not giving limiting instructions with respect to the aforementioned testimony is unpreserved for appellate review. In any event, any error was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt ( see, People v. Glover, 165 A.D.2d 880, 881).
O'Brien, J. P., Thompson, Sullivan and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.