People v. De Rigo

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Broome County, rendered February 9, 1978, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of bail jumping in the first degree. Convicted after trial of the crime of bail jumping in the first degree (Penal Law, § 215.57), defendant maintains on this appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to allow testimony which related to his state of mind when he failed to appear in court. The record discloses that defendant was awaiting sentence upon his plea of guilty to the crime of burglary in the third degree and had been advised that the date set…