PEOPLE v. PEREZ

Nos. 7801, 6453/09.

95 A.D.3d 780 (2012)

945 N.Y.S.2d 93

2012 NY Slip Op 4220

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOSE PEREZ, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 31, 2012.


Defense counsel affirmatively waived the absence of an interpreter during part of the voir dire proceedings (see People v Keen, 94 N.Y.2d 533, 538 [2000]). As an alternate holding, we find defendant's argument that he was constructively absent due to the lack of an interpreter to be without merit. Although defendant was generally assisted by an interpreter during pretrial proceedings and trial, the record does not indicate that he...

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