The following excerpt is from People v. Allende, 114 N.Y.S.3d 266, 137 N.E.3d 1091, 34 N.Y.3d 996 (N.Y. 2019):
As a final point, the purposes of the preservation rule served in this case. "[T]he preservation rule allows trial courts to correct errors in a timely fashion and prevent[s] unnecessary surprise after the conduct of a complete trial" ( People v. Mack, 27 N.Y.3d 534, 540, 36 N.Y.S.3d 68, 55 N.E.3d 1041 [2016] [internal quotation marks and citations omitted] ). "[P]reservation
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