PEOPLE v. ACEVEDO


271 A.D.2d 339 (2000)

707 N.Y.S.2d 404

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. AMODOR ACEVEDO, Also Known as AMADOR ACEVEDO, Appellant.

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

Decided April 20, 2000.


Defendant was properly tried and sentenced in absentia after he failed to appear on the second day of trial and the People established at a hearing that reasonable efforts had been made to locate him. The court properly denied a defense application to adjourn the trial to permit defense counsel to conduct a further investigation into defendant's whereabouts, since defendant's absence was clearly deliberate and there was no reason...

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