Case ID: ad2d_202/html/1042-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Nate Fulton, Appellant.
    [610 NYS2d 109]
   —Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: County Court did not err by imposing sentence upon defendant after he was removed from the courtroom. Although a defendant has the right to be present and heard at sentencing (CPL 380.40, 380.50), he forfeits that right by engaging in "obstreperous conduct” (People v Stroman, 36 NY2d 939, 940; see also, People v Herrera, 160 AD2d 416, lv denied 76 NY2d 789). The conduct of defendant at sentencing was sufficiently "obstreperous” to effect a forfeiture of his right to be present.

The contention that defendant’s sentence is harsh and excessive is without merit. (Appeal from Judgment of Oneida County Court, Buckley, J. — Criminal Possession Controlled Substance, 3rd Degree.) Present — Balio, J. P., Lawton, Doerr, Davis and Boehm, JJ.