People v. Arellano

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (William Leibovitz, J.), rendered March 3, 2000, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 7 to 14 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant was properly tried in absentia. Defendant had been warned that if he failed to appear, a hearing and trial could be held in his absence. The following day defendant failed to appear in the morning. After waiting until the afternoon, the court held a Parker hearing…