MATTER OF GURWITCH


256 A.D.2d 180 (1998)

681 N.Y.S.2d 534

In the Matter of LAWRENCE GURWITCH et al., Appellants. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. ADOLPHUS McPHERSON, Defendant.

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

Decided December 17, 1998.


The sanction was properly imposed after appellant was given a reasonable opportunity to explain why he did not telephone the court or arrange for another attorney to advise the court of his lateness (see, Matter of Marcus v Bamberger, 180 A.D.2d 533; cf., Matter of Walsh v People, 206 A.D.2d 434). There is no indication that appellant could have offered any justification for this failure...

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