Opinion
Submitted January 11, 2000
February 29, 2000
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Orenstein, J.), rendered February 23, 1998, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
John A. Clifford, Long Beach, N.Y., for appellant.
Denis Dillon, District Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert A. Schwartz and Margaret E. Mainusch of counsel), for respondent.
DAVID S. RITTER, J.P., MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, DANIEL F. LUCIANO, SANDRA J. FEUERSTEIN, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
At trial, the defendant sought to introduce certain statements by his sister, which he claimed were exculpatory, as statements against her penal interest. However, the court properly exercised its discretion in excluding such statements as unreliable (see,People v. Shortridge, 65 N.Y.2d 309 ; People v. Settles, 46 N.Y.2d 154 ;People v. Stevens, 212 A.D.2d 746 ).
The defendant's remaining contentions are unpreserved for appellate review.