Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the sentence imposed for murder in the second degree from an indeterminate term of 24 years to life imprisonment to an indeterminate term of 18 years to life imprisonment; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's claim that the People failed to prove his guilt by legally sufficient evidence is not preserved for appellate review, since at the close' of the People's case he made only a general motion for dismissal and did not assert the specific ground he now relies upon ( see, People v. Tallarine, 223 A.D.2d 738). In any event, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution ( see, People v. Contes, 60 N.Y.2d 620), we find that it was legally sufficient to establish the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. 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).
The sentence imposed was excessive to the extent indicated.
Mangano, P. J., Rosenblatt, Ritter and Krausman, JJ., concur.