People v. Jones

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered August 8, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and three counts of attempted criminal pos*210session of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 14 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly excluded, as hearsay, defendant’s exculpatory statement made to his prior attorney (see People v Reynoso, 73 NY2d 816, 819 [1988]). Defendant’s argument that he was entitled to…