PEOPLE v. JAMES

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant waived his claim that the trial court failed to conduct a sufficient inquiry into whether the jury was exposed to a newspaper article detailing his involvement in an unrelated crime ( see, People v. Albert, 85 N.Y.2d 851). In any event, under the circumstances of this case, we find that the defendant was not prejudiced by any alleged deficiencies in the court's inquiry ( see, People v. Costello, 92 A.D.2d 947).

Miller, J. P., Ritter, Altman and Krausman, JJ., concur.