People v. Jensen

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), rendered May 9,1980, convicting him of robbery in the first degree, robbery in the second degree (three counts), and burglary in the first and second degrees, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence in absentia. Judgment modified, on the law, by vacating the sentences imposed. As so modified, judgment affirmed and matter remitted to Criminal Term for a hearing and resentencing in accordance herewith. As the District Attorney candidly concedes, a hearing was required when defense counsel at sentencing…