CPL 260.20 provides that, "A defendant must be personally present during the trial of an indictment".
The issue before me is under what circumstances, if at all, a defendant can waive his presence at trial.
On the morning of April 1, 1977, the case of People v Troy Hicks and Phillip Bermudez was assigned to me for trial in Part 102. The defendants were charged with...
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