Opinion
March 8, 1993
Appeal from the County Court, Rockland County (Nelson, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant asserts that the trial court erred in refusing to specifically charge the jury as to discrepancies in the People's witness's identification of the defendant as the seller of drugs. We disagree. The trial court need not give a fact specific charge as to identification but may give a general instruction on weighing credibility and state that the identification must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the People (see, People v. Whalen, 59 N.Y.2d 273, 279). We find that the trial court's charge was sufficient to give the jury guidelines to determine the identification issue. Moreover, the defense counsel sought a charge highlighting identification discrepancies only after the court had complied with his earlier request not to marshal the evidence.
The defendant also contends that there was legally insufficient evidence to prove that he was the seller of the drugs. However, this issue has not been preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05; People v. Udzinski, 146 A.D.2d 245). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the People (see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to support the conviction (see, People v Carolina, 112 A.D.2d 244, 245). Moreover, upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).
Finally, the sentence imposed was not excessive (see, People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Rosenblatt, J.P., Lawrence, O'Brien and Copertino, JJ., concur.