People v. Vigliotti

—Judgment unanimously reversed on the facts and indictment dismissed. Memorandum: Defendant was convicted following a jury trial of bail jumping in the first degree (Penal Law § 215.57) as a result of his failure to appear on August 31, 1998, the last day of trial on another charge. Defendant had been given Parker warnings (see, People v Parker, 57 NY2d 136) and was convicted and sentenced in absentia (see, People v Vigliotti, 270 AD2d 904, lv denied 95 NY2d 839). The issue at the bail jumping trial was whether defendant knew that his appearance on August 31, 1998, was “required,” in light of…