
    The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Lavar Bracy, Appellant.
    [700 NYS2d 894]
   —Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Upon weighing the relative probative force of the conflicting testimony, we conclude that the verdict convicting defendant of assault in the first degree (Penal Law § 120.10 [1]) and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (Penal Law § 265.02 [1]) is not contrary to the weight of the evidence (see, People v Bleakley, 69 NY2d 490, 495). Defendant failed to preserve for our review his challenge to the jury charge (see, CPL 470.05 [2]), and we decline to exercise our power to review the issue as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice (see, CPL 470.15 [6] [a]). The sentence is neither unduly harsh nor severe. (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Erie County, Rossetti, J. — Assault, 1st Degree.) Present — Pine, J. P., Hayes, Pigott, Jr., Hurlbutt and Callahan, JJ.  