PEOPLE v. GEORGE

2019-04438. Ind. No. 4208/14.

219 A.D.3d 502 (2023)

192 N.Y.S.3d 258

2023 NY Slip Op 04136

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Keston George, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided August 2, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Mitchell C. Elman, P.C., Garden City, NY ( Brendan White of counsel), for appellant.

Eric Gonzalez , District Attorney, Brooklyn, NY ( Leonard Joblove , Amy Appelbaum , and Sawyer White of counsel), for respondent.

Dillon, J.P., Brathwaite Nelson, Ford and Taylor, JJ., concur.


Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (William M. Harrington, J.), rendered September 8, 2016, convicting him of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in permitting the trial to proceed in his absence. "A defendant's right to be...

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