Defendant's challenges to the People's cross-examination and summation are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the flat contradiction between defendant's testimony and that of the police witnesses was properly explored on cross-examination and summation by asking whether defendant would characterize segments of police testimony as "lies" (see, People v Overlee,
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