PEOPLE v. SANTOS


283 A.D.2d 264 (2001)

724 N.Y.S.2d 308

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CARLOS SANTOS, Also Known as MARTIN MARTINEZ, Also Known as MARTIN IRENE, Also Known as MARTIN ESQUIA, Also Known as MARTIN ESQUERA, Appellant.

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

Decided May 17, 2001.


Defendant forfeited his right to be present at sentencing. Defendant's removal from the courtroom was justified by his disruptive interruptions of the proceedings and disregard of the court's repeated warnings that he would be removed if he persisted (see, People v Stroman, 36 N.Y.2d 939, 940; see also, CPL 260.20).

The record, viewed as a whole and in the light of the presumption of regularity afforded to judicial...

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