People v. Edwards

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Rothwax, J.), rendered September 11, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a discretionary persistent felony offender, to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly exercised its discretion in excluding defendant from the courtroom at various times. The record establishes that defendant, after repeatedly being warned by the court that he would be removed if he continued to engage in disorderly and disruptive conduct, continued to engage in *221such conduct…