Jones v. Artuz

*743SUMMARY ORDER

ON CONSIDERATION WHEREOF, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the judgment of the district court be and hereby is AFFIRMED.

Familiarity with the facts of this case is assumed. Petitioner-Appellant Michael Jones was, after a jury trial, convicted in New York State Supreme Court, of two counts of manslaughter and one count of assault. Prior to the commencement of the trial, the court held the required Sandoval and Ventimiglia hearings.1 Jones petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that he was absent during these hearings, and that this absence constitutes…