Legal Opinion

People v. Santiago

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 1, 1993PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his brief, from a sentence of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Linakis, J.), imposed October 18, 1990, the sentence being an indeterminate term of 2 Vs to 7 years imprisonment, upon his conviction of reckless endangerment in the first degree, after a plea of guilty.

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

Despite extensive admonitions that he would be sentenced to a maximum allowable term of incarceration should he fail to appear for sentencing, the defendant did not appear as directed. Inasmuch as he was warned and has failed to offer any excuses for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. SuitteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  2. People v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
  3. People v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
  4. People v. StevensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
  5. Howard v. HerbertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. FreemanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. People v. DelanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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