PEOPLE v. HARRIS


54 A.D.2d 739 (1976)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Cecil Harris, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

October 18, 1976


Judgment affirmed.

Defendant stands convicted of bail jumping in the first and second degrees (Penal Law, §§ 215.56, 215.57), arising out of his failure to personally appear, as required, in the Criminal Court, in connection with certain pending felony and misdemeanor charges. Upon his trial, defendant raised the affirmative defense that his failure to appear was unavoidable and due to circumstances beyond his control (see Penal Law, § 215.59). He now...

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