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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. NELSON ARZON, Appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant's contention that he was denied his right to a fair trial by the trial court's failure to give a limiting instruction to the jury with regard to the People's use of his prior crimes is not preserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05; People v Thomas, 50 N.Y.2d 467; People v Yates, 160 A.D.2d 1036). We decline to exercise our interest of justice discretion in view of the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt (see, People v Crimmins, 36 N.Y.2d 230, 242; People v Yates, supra).

Contrary to the defendant's contention, we find that he was not denied a fair trial by prosecutorial misconduct during the People's summation. After the defendant objected to the prosecutor's allegedly improper comment, the court gave the jury a curative instruction. Since the defendant failed to request any further ameliorative action, "it must be assumed that any defect was cured to the defense counsel's satisfaction" (People v Shaw, 150 A.D.2d 626, 627, citing People v Medina, 53 N.Y.2d 951, 953; see also, CPL 470.05). In any event, the prosecutor's remarks were fair comment on the evidence (see, People v Pugliese, 131 A.D.2d 789, 790; People v Brown, 124 A.D.2d 667, 668). Thompson, J.P., Bracken, Eiber and Rosenblatt, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. ARZON
(Jun 17, 1991)