The defendant contends that his waiver of the right to a jury trial was invalid because the trial court failed to determine on the record, by appropriate allocution, whether the waiver was voluntary, knowing, and intelligent. Since the defendant did not challenge the adequacy of his allocution in the Supreme Court, his argument is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470...
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