Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was denied his right to confront a witness when the trial court refused to appoint an interpreter for that witness. However, the defendant failed to preserve this claim for appellate review, since he never requested an interpreter, and argued at trial that the witness understood English and was merely being evasive in failing to answer his codefendant's questions (see, CPL 470.05 [2]). In...
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