PEOPLE v. BLAIR


173 A.D.2d 172 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Robert Blair, Appellant

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

May 2, 1991


Defendant, a persistent violent felon and an admitted drug user, was convicted of four separate knifepoint robberies against women, committed between October 20 and November 7, 1988, in the Sixth Avenue subway tunnel. One of the victims was shoved by the defendant down subway stairs, causing her to fracture her arm.

Contrary to defendant's argument, his absence, and that of his attorney, from a hearing conducted by the trial court, outside of the presence of the jury...

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