People v. Jones

Full title: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. CATHAE JONES, Appellant

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 1, 1999

259 A.D.2d 497 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999)

684 N.Y.S.2d 887

Opinion

March 1, 1999

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Pincus, J.).

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant's contention, under the circumstances of this case, the Supreme Court did not violate his right to be present at a material stage of the trial or his First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion when it permitted the jury to render the verdict in his absence ( see, People v. Sanchez, 65 N.Y.2d 436; People v. Gilliam, 215 A.D.2d 401; People v. Williams, 197 A.D.2d 401; People v. Johnson, 143 A.D.2d 847; Taylor v. United States, 414 U.S. 17).

Ritter, J. P., Sullivan, Altman and McGinity, JJ., concur.