Legal Opinion
People v. Branch
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 12, 2006PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Daniel P. FitzGerald, J., at severance motion; Edwin Torres, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered July 15, 2004, convicting defendant of robbery in the first degree (two counts), and criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of 15 years, unanimously affirmed.
Defendant voluntarily waived his right to be present during trial, as well as forfeiting that right by his misconduct (see People v Cooks, 28 AD3d 362 [2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 787 [2006]; People v Ortiz, 25 AD3d 460 [2006], lv…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. BornholdtNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- United States v. Robert SpinelliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- People v. OwensNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- People v. CooksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
- People v. JonsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006
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3Cited by4 opinions
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