THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK RESPONDENT v. STEVEN COTTON DEFENDANT APPELLANT (2013)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum:  Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal Law § 265.02[1] ) and failing to signal (Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1163[b] ).  Defendant's challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence is unpreserved for our review because “his motion for a trial order of dismissal was not specifically directed at the grounds advanced on appeal” (People v. Wright, 107 AD3d 1398, 1401;  see People v. Gray, 86 N.Y.2d 10, 19).   Further, defendant's posttrial motion pursuant to CPL 330.30 was insufficient to preserve for our review that contention (see People v. Jones, 85 AD3d 1667, 1668, lv denied 19 NY3d 974), and we decline to exercise our power to review it as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see CPL 470.15[6] [a] ).

Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court