People v. Quamina
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant contends on appeal that the court erred in conducting his trial in absentia. We disagree. On January 15, 1988, the court informed defendant that "the matter will be started on the 19th for trial” and that "if you’re not here on the 19th * * * the law says that we can start without you.” The court repeated that "[t]he trial date is the 19th” and again asserted that "we’ll be starting on the 19th”. Defendant acknowledged that he knew that the trial would start on the 19th and asserted: "I’ll be here.”
Four days later, on the morning of January…
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