PEOPLE v. JOHNSON


307 A.D.2d 818 (2003)

763 N.Y.S.2d 53

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES JOHNSON, Appellant.

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

Decided August 7, 2003.


Contrary to defendant's argument that the court failed to give effect to the plain meaning of the term "appear personally," we find that the court delivered an appropriate supplemental charge conveying the essence of the term as used in the bail-jumping statute. It would be meaningless for a defendant to "appear personally" at a time when his or her case is not being called, only to disappear when the case is called. Moreover, under defendant's interpretation...

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