Legal Opinion
People v. Amato
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 1, 1991PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), rendered December 6, 1988, convicting him of assault in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
We find that, under the circumstances presented here, the court erred in proceeding with the trial in the defendant’s absence. The defendant was present in the courtroom during the jury selection but…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. WindleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- People v. LopezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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