| People v Willis |
| 2010 NY Slip Op 00716 [69 AD3d 966] |
| January 26, 2010 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v Joseph Willis, Appellant. |
—[*1] Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Leonard Joblove, Jodi L. Mandel, andAlyshea Austern of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hall, J.),rendered January 23, 2008, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance inthe third degree and unlawful possession of marijuana, upon a jury verdict, and imposingsentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
"The defendant's contention that the trial court erred in failing to give a limiting instructionto the jury regarding its use of evidence of uncharged crimes or prior bad acts is unpreserved forappellate review since the defendant neither requested such an instruction nor objected to thecharge as given" (People v Giuca, 58 AD3d 750, 751 [2009]; see People vPergya, 53 AD3d 631, 631 [2008]; People v Webb, 1 AD3d 542, 543 [2003];People v Johnson, 210 AD2d 256, 257 [1994]; People v Silva, 187 AD2d 467,468 [1992]; People v Jones, 182 AD2d 708, 709 [1992]). "In any event, any errorresulting from the alleged failure was harmless, as there was overwhelming evidence of thedefendant's guilt, and no significant probability that the error contributed to his convictions"(People v Giuca, 58 AD3d at 751; see People v Pergya, 53 AD3d at 631;People v Silva, 187 AD2d at 468; People v Johnson, 210 AD2d at 257;People v Cauthen, 208 AD2d 856, 856 [1994]). Skelos, J.P., Balkin, Leventhal and Lott,JJ., concur.