Defendant's challenge to the trial court's Allen charge is not preserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Were we to review this claim, we would find that the court's reference to the prospect of a retrial in the event that the jury did not reach a verdict, was not coercive under the circumstances (see People v Texidor,
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