People v. Familia

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered October 22, 1997, convicting defendant, after-a nonjury trial, of manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of SVs to 25 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The record establishes that defendant personally signed a written jury trial waiver in open court, in the presence of and with the approval of the court. His claim that the waiver was invalid because, notwithstanding the assistance of an interpreter, the form was…