People v. Ciccarello

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Sheridan, J.), rendered November 17, 1997, convicting him of rape in the first degree, burglary in the second degree (two counts), criminal contempt in the first degree, criminal contempt in the second degree (nine counts), criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, criminal trespass in the second degree, and harassment in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Since the defendant réfused to enter the courtroom to be arraigned, his absence was a…