In January, 1983, the defendant was tried and convicted by a jury, in absentia, of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a class D felony. Previously, in 1971, the defendant had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree and served in excess of three years before being paroled.
The question presented, therefore, is whether or not — and under what circumstances — a...
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