People v. Chestnut

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven W. Paynter, J.), rendered August 1, 2008, as amended September 4, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of six years, unanimously affirmed.

*442The court properly accepted the jury’s verdict in defendant’s absence. The court’s inquiry and findings were sufficient to establish that defendant’s absence was deliberate (see People v Brooks, 75…