Defendant's claim that the trial court improperly denigrated his defense of temporary and lawful possession of a weapon by instructing the jury that his possession could be found lawful only if it was "fleeting" is not preserved for review as a matter of law (CPL 470.05 [2]) and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. In any event, if we were to review it, we would find that the charge, viewed as a whole (People v Coleman,
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