Opinion
January 6, 2000
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), rendered April 12, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of arson in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 8 to 16 years, unanimously affirmed.
Jon Veiga, for respondent.
Jan Hoth-Uzzo, for defendant-appellant.
SULLIVAN, J.P., MAZZARELLI, WALLACH, RUBIN, ANDRIAS, JJ.
Defendant's challenges to the court's conduct of the trial are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that the court's comments and its examination of witnesses did not deprive defendant of a fair trial.
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.