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7651. PEOPLE, res, v. KEVIN RIOS, def-ap — Steven Banks, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Lorca Morello of counsel), for ap — Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Martin J. Foncello of counsel), for res — Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Thomas Farber, J.), rendered October 20, 2009, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of predatory sexual assault, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s principal appellate claim is that his right of confrontation was violated by the admission of a DNA analyst’s expert testimony that depended on reports of procedures conducted by nontestifying analysts, even though the reports themselves were never before the jury. Under the circumstances presented, defendant’s general references to confrontation and related matters were insufficient to alert the trial court to this particular claim (see People v. Paulin, 78 AD3d 557, 558 [2010], lv denied 16 NY3d 862 [2011]; People v. Lewis, 44 AD3d 422, 423 [2007], lv denied 9 NY3d 1035 [2008]; compare People v. Hardy, 4 NY3d 192, 197 n 3 [2005]). Initially, we note that defendant’s postverdict motion had no preservation effect (see People v. Padro, 75 NY2d 820, 821 [1990]).

 
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