104 Misc. 2d 281 - People v. Carson’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Any right defendant may have had to be present at sentencing can be waived or lost as a matter of public policy when the evidence unambiguously indicates “a defiance of the processes of law sufficient to effect a forfeiture.” Just as a defendant forfeits any right to be present at sentencing by absconding during trial, so for the same policy reasons does a defendant lose that right by absconding to frustrate scheduled proceedings before the Trial Judge in connection with sentencing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 764 F. Supp. 319 - Wingate v. Scully