Court of Appeals of New York

Defendant's motion pursuant to vacate the judgment of conviction and sentence is granted and the case is remanded, where: 1) a defendant may not, by his absence alone, waive his right to effective assistance of counsel; and 2) defense counsel's lack of participation during the jury trial amounted to the ineffective assistance of counsel.

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• Decided 05/30/2013
• Published 05/30/2013

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• Court of Appeals of New York

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