Court Opinion

ID: 6041867
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-13 13:54:39.849272+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:52:15.366754
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—Appeal from judg*117ment, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee White, J.), rendered October 15, 1997, convicting defendant-appellant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to a term of 4 to 12 years, unanimously dismissed, upon the ground that appellant, having absconded, is not presently available to obey the mandate of the Court (see, People v Johnson, 191 AD2d 279, lv dismissed 81 NY2d 1074). Were we not dismissing the appeal, we would find no abuse of sentencing discretion. Concur — Ellerin, P. J., Rosenberger, Tom, Andrias and Buckley, JJ.