People v. Brock

Decision Date12 June 1975
CitationPeople v. Brock, 369 N.Y.S.2d 154, 48 A.D.2d 790 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)
PartiesThe PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Harold BROCK, Defendant-Appellant.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

B. Manning, New York City, for respondent.

D. J. Bernstein, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before MARKEWICH, J.P., and MURPHY, LUPIANO, LANE and NUNEZ, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered December 5, 1972, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted murder and possession of a weapon as a felony, and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of imprisonment not exceeding 25 years, unanimously reversed on the law, insofar as it imposes sentence and the case remitted to Supreme Court, Bronx County, for resentence; and otherwise affirmed.

On the record before us, there was an effective waiver of defendant's right to be present during the trial and at sentencing.However, it appears that sentence was pronounced before receipt of the probation report required by the statute.(CPL § 390.20(1).)Accor...

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5 cases
  • Root v. Kapelman
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • April 3, 1979
    ...580, Cert. denied, 380 U.S. 982, 85 S.Ct. 1348, 14 L.Ed.2d 275; People v. La Barbera, 274 N.Y. 339, 8 N.E.2d 884.) In People v. Brock, 48 A.D.2d 790, 369 N.Y.S.2d 154, this Court had occasion to reaffirm the principle that a defendant who absconds waives his right to be present at trial and......
  • People v. Carson
    • United States
    • New York City Court
    • August 10, 1979
    ...at sentencing can also be effected by a defendant who deliberately absents himself from the proceedings. People v. Brock, 48 A.D.2d 790, 369 N.Y.S.2d 154 (1st Dept. 1975). It is well settled that where an offense is not capital and where the accused is not in custody, that if after the tria......
  • American Bank & Trust Co. v. Lichtenstein
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • June 12, 1975
  • People v. Villegas
    • United States
    • New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division
    • April 20, 1989
    ...to hold that such a report can be waived by the defendant (People v. Andujar, 110 A.D.2d 606, 488 N.Y.S.2d 653; People v. Brock, 48 A.D.2d 790, 369 N.Y.S.2d 154). The People now ask us to hold that it can be forfeited. Unlike waiver, which results from a knowing decision to relinquish a rig......
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