Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jerome Walker, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-12-23
Citations: 210 A.D.2d 1002
Docket Number: Appeal No. 2
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jerome Walker, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 210
Pages: 1002–1002

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jerome Walker, Appellant.
(Appeal No. 2.)
[621 NYS2d 990]

Opinion:
—Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted. Memorandum: Defendant was not present for a Sandoval conference held in chambers. Because the record establishes that defendant's presence at the Sandoval conference would not" have been, superfluous, his conviction for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degrees must be reversed (see, People v Favor, 82 NY2d 254, rearg denied 83 NY2d 801; People v Dokes, 79 NY2d 656; People v Eady, 185 AD2d 678, lv denied 80 NY2d 929).
Defendant entered a plea of guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree with the understanding that the sentence would be concurrent with the sentence imposed upon his conviction for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and fourth degrees, which is reversed. Consequently, reversal of that conviction is also required (see, People v Fuggazzatto, 62 NY2d 862; People v Rice, 199 AD2d 1054, 1055). (Appeal from Judgment of Monroe County Court, Maloy, J.—Criminal Possession Controlled Substance, 3rd Degree.) Present—Denman, P. J., Pine, Lawton, Doerr and Davis, JJ.