Opinion
August 15, 1988
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (G. Aronin, J.).
Ordered that the appeal is dismissed.
A de novo suppression hearing was conducted in the defendant's absence after efforts to locate him proved unsuccessful. The defendant had been sentenced to a determinate term of one year in prison on June 27, 1985, and had fully completed serving his sentence at the time the hearing was conducted on March 15, 1988. The defendant was under no obligation to remain in contact with law enforcement officials.
We find that the defendant has demonstrated a lack of interest in pursuing this appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed (see, People v Jinks, 140 A.D.2d 371; People v Southerland, 136 A.D.2d 662). Rubin, J.P., Kooper, Sullivan and Harwood, JJ., concur.