Opinion
March 25, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
There is no merit to the defendant's contention that reversible error took place by the court's references to the trial as a "search for the truth". The record demonstrates that the court's charge, when viewed as a whole, adequately conveyed to the jury the appropriate standards applicable to the case and included accurate instructions regarding the burden of proof ( see, People v Coleman, 70 N.Y.2d 817; People v Canty, 60 N.Y.2d 830). Accordingly, the challenged references did not deprive the defendant of his right to a fair trial ( see, People v Brown, 209 A.D.2d 428; People v Griffith, 200 A.D.2d 760; People v Simpson, 178 A.D.2d 500; People v Graziano, 151 A.D.2d 775).
We have considered the other alleged charge errors raised by the defendant and find them to be patently without merit. The defendant's remaining contentions have not been preserved for appellate review ( see, CPL 470.05; People v Bynum, 70 N.Y.2d 858; People v Balls, 69 N.Y.2d 641; People v Santiago, 52 N.Y.2d 865), and, under the circumstances of this case, we decline to reach those contentions in the exercise of our interest of justice jurisdiction. Thompson, J.P., Sullivan, Pizzuto and McGinity, JJ., concur.