Legal Opinion

People v. Major

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 10, 2009PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRose, J.

Defendant was charged by indictment with two counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree for selling cocaine to a confidential informant on two occasions. At his jury trial, defendant was in attendance until the day that the jury was to be charged, when he failed to reappear. County Court continued the trial without him and the jury convicted him as charged. Defendant also was absent when the court sentenced him to two consecutive terms of 10 to 20 years in prison.

*1245Defendant contends on appeal that County Court erred in concluding the trial and imposing sentence in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. People v. BeneventoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. People v. ParkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. People v. VargasNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. People v. RomanNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. People v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. People v. FulwoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. People v. JuneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  4. People v. RodmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. People v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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