People v. Ellerbe

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J.), rendered October 17, 1983, convicting him of robbery in the second degree (two counts) and grand larceny in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

The trial court correctly permitted the trial to proceed without defendant in attendance. Defendant forfeited his right to be present when, with knowledge that the trial was to begin and that he was obligated to be present and without excuse (cf. People v Parker, 57 NY2d 136), he failed to appear (see, People v Sanchez, 65…