People v. Eubanks

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward J. McLaughlin, J.), rendered March 28, 2005, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to an aggregate term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant waived his right to be present for the jury’s verdict. Prior to trial, defendant made clear that, for religious reasons, he did not wish to be present in court on Fridays, and the court accommodated that wish by…