People v. Leon

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alexander Hunter, J., on motion; Frank Torres, J., at suppression hearing, nonjury trial and sentence), rendered February 13, 1997, convicting defendant of arson in the first degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claims concerning his waiver of his right to a jury trial are unpreserved (see, People v Johnson, 51 NY2d 986), and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to…