Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Luis Ponce, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2001-11-19
Citations: 288 A.D.2d 401
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Luis Ponce, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 288
Pages: 401–401

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Luis Ponce, Appellant.
[734 NYS2d 456]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Buchter, J.), rendered October 13, 1999, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Under the circumstances of this case, the defendant was not deprived of his right to be present at a material stage of the trial (see, People v Velasco, 77 NY2d 469). O'Brien, J. P., Altman, Goldstein and H. Miller, JJ., concur.