People v. Trubin

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Yates, J.), rendered April 18, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of SVa to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was not deprived of his right to be present at the jury’s rendition of a verdict, and was not compelled to choose between his right to be present and his right to freely.exercise his religion. Defendant informed the court that he would not appear in court the next day, a Friday, during which the jury would be continuing its…