It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a bench trial, of, inter alia, rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35 [1]). Defendant contends that his waiver of the right to a jury trial was invalid inasmuch as Supreme Court failed to conduct an adequate allocution to determine whether the waiver was voluntary, knowing, and intelligent. Because defendant...
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