People v. Mejia

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Patricia Williams, J., at jury trial; David Saxe, J., at sentence), rendered June 10, 1997, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 6 to 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly completed the trial in defendant’s absence. We find that the trial court conducted a sufficient inquiry as to whether defendant’s absence was deliberate (see, People v Jackman, 222 AD2d 241, lv denied 87 NY2d 974) under the circumstances present here involving…