PEOPLE v. CORLEY


67 N.Y.2d 105 (1986)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Dwight Corley, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry D. Leiwant and Philip L. Weinstein for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Lee S. Gayer and Mark L. Freyberg of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


KAYE, J.

This appeal presents two discrete issues: first, does our dismissal of defendant's appeal for failure to prosecute bar his subsequent appeal of the same issue? Second, is defendant properly sentenced in absentia where, after reinstatement of his conviction on appeal and with sentencing as the inevitable next step in the prosecution, he willfully absconds on the day scheduled for his appearance...

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