People v. Jernigan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*332Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles J. Tejada, J.), rendered October 28, 2004, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree and tampering with a witness in the fourth degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 15 years and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant was convicted of brutally and repeatedly slashing his former girlfriend with a razor. When the victim failed to appear for trial, the court conducted a Sirois hearing (see Matter of Holtzman v Hellenbrand, 92 AD2d 405 [1983]), where the People proved, by clear and…
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