People v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Thorp, J.), rendered June 30, 1981, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree, criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, and conspiracy in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Judgment affirmed.
Generally, unless a defendant has been informed in some manner of the right to be present at his trial and the consequences of failing to appear, specifically, that the trial will proceed without him, the mere fact that he absents himself from the…
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