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PEOPLE v. MEJIA

268 A.D.2d 286 (2000)

700 N.Y.S.2d 703

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CARLOS MEJIA, Appellant.

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

Decided January 13, 2000.

The court properly completed the trial in defendant's absence. We find that the trial court conducted a sufficient inquiry as to whether defendant's absence was deliberate (see, People v Jackman, 222 A.D.2d 241, lv denied 87 N.Y.2d 974) under the circumstances present here involving defendant's sudden disappearance immediately prior to summations after having been seen near the courtroom only a few minutes before. In any event...

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