People v. Lazzaro

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Orange County (Paño Z. Patsalos, J.), rendered August 1, 1988, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

On the instant appeal, the defendant argues that the County Court Judge should have granted his motion to recuse himself on the ground that the Judge improperly commented upon the case, in a newspaper article, in violation of the Canons of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

We note that appellate review of this claim is waived by a guilty…