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People’s Failure, at a Reconstruction Hearing, to Prove Defendant Was Present for the Sandoval Hearing Required Reversal and a New Trial

The Fourth Department determined the People, at a reconstruction hearing, had failed to prove the defendant was present during a Sandoval hearing.  The conviction was therefore reversed and a new trial was ordered. People v Walker, 2014 NY Slip Op 03411, 4th Dept 5-9-14

 

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