People v. Keno

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Carol Berkman, J.), rendered June 11, 1997, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of attempted robbery in the first degree, and summarily holding defendant in criminal contempt, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 years and to a consecutive term of 30 days for contempt, unanimously affirmed.

The court’s summary action in holding defendant in criminal contempt was proper where, moments after being sentenced, he told the court to “drop dead” (see, Judiciary Law § 750 [A] [13; § 755; 22 NYCRR 604.2 [a]; Matter of…