People v. Scianameo

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Murray Koenig, J.), rendered December 1, 1981, convicting defendant after a jury trial, in absentia, of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree (three counts), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and criminal possession of marijuana in the third degree and sentencing him, in absentia, to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 3 Vi to 7 years on the weapons counts and one year each on the other counts, unanimously affirmed.

In light of the fact that defendant was clearly advised to return to court for the hearing,…