People v. McGann

— Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (David Blatt, J.), rendered February 26, 1982, convicting defendant, in absentia, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and sentencing him, in absentia, to concurrent terms of 8-Vs to 25 years and 2-1A to 7 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court properly proceeded with the trial in absentia after determining that defendant’s absence was voluntary, the Trial Judge having clearly advised defendant that the trial would commence on…