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People v. Styles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 25, 1997
237 A.D.2d 206 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

March 25, 1997.

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Joseph Cerbone, J.), rendered April 20, 1995, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of robbery in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 7½ to 15 years, unanimously affirmed.

Before: Ellerin, J.P., Nardelli, Rubin and Mazzarelli, JJ.


Review of defendant's claim that he was denied his right to be present at robing room discussions with prospective jurors is precluded, since defendant has failed to provide this Court with a record adequately showing any such absence ( see, People v Maker, 89 NY2d 318). Moreover, the totality of the record, including the course of conduct followed by the court and counsel, established that defendant was present during such robing room conferences.

The People's cross-examination and summation attacks upon defendant's furnishing of false pedigree information to the police did not constitute impermissible attacks on defendant's postarrest silence ( see, People v Blake, 184 AD2d 334).


Summaries of

People v. Styles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Mar 25, 1997
237 A.D.2d 206 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Styles

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM STYLES, Also…

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

Date published: Mar 25, 1997

Citations

237 A.D.2d 206 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
655 N.Y.S.2d 931

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