People v. Parker

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1982-10-07

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*138 OPINION OF THE COURT Wachtler, J. The question on this appeal is whether a finding that a criminal defendant has received actual notice of the date for trial and has nonetheless voluntarily failed to appear is sufficient, as a matter of law, to permit the court to proceed to try the defendant in absentia. The courts below held this findin…

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