People v. Culley

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Dorothy Cropper, J.), rendered October 8, 1996, convicting defendant, after a nonjury trial, of auto stripping in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of IV2 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

The verdict was not against the weight of the evidence. Defendant’s conduct had no reasonable explanation other than his guilt on auto stripping. Defendant’s claims regarding his waiver of a jury trial, and the procedure followed in approving the waiver, are not preserved for review (People v Tamarez, 213 AD2d 261, lv denied…