State v. Mahone

The opinion of the court was delivered by

STERN, J.A.D.

Tried in absentia defendant was convicted of burglary, N.J.SA 2C:18-2 (count one), and attempted theft, N.J.S.A 2C:5-1, 2C:20-3 (count two). He was sentenced to two consecutive five-year terms in the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections and to pay monetary assessments for those offenses and two non-indictable convictions entered by the trial judge as fact-finder.

On this appeal, defendant argues, among other things, that “the trial court erred in trying the defendant in absentia by depriving him of his due process and common law right…