Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Lott, J.), rendered May 17, 2005, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant failed to preserve for appellate review his contentions that he was deprived of his rights to a fair trial and to confront witnesses when the trial court permitted a police witness to testify to events leading up to his arrest (see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Sealy, 35 AD3d 510, 510-511 [2006]; People v Maldonado, 21 AD3d 430 [2005]). In any event, the testimony that anonymous informants provided the police with sufficient information from which the police identified the defendant as a suspect was not improperly admitted for the truth of the matter asserted, but rather, was admitted to complete the narrative and explain how the police determined the defendant was a suspect and the actions they took to locate him (see People v Monroe, 216 AD2d 494 [1995]). Thus, the challenged testimony did not violate the defendant’s right to confront witnesses (see People v Reynoso, 2 NY3d 820, 821 [2004]; People v Ruis, 11 AD3d 714, 714-715 [2004]). Further, the trial court did not err in permitting the police witness to testify to a prior photo
Viewing the defense counsel’s conduct in its entirety, the defendant was not deprived of the effective assistance of counsel (see People v Benevento 91 NY2d 708 [1998]; People v Baldi, 54 NY2d 137 [1981]; People v Hyatt, 2 AD3d 749 [2003]; People v Bradford, 202 AD2d 441 [1994]; People v Finch, 199 AD2d 278 [1993]). Crane, J.P., Fisher, Carni and McCarthy, JJ., concur.