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DISABLED, ILL DEFENDANT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO APPEAR REMOTELY BY VIDEO AT TRIAL.

The First Department, reversing defendant's conviction, determined the trial court should have allowed the disabled and ill defendant to appear at trial remotely by video. Contrary to the trial court's reasoning, the prosecutor's consent to the procedure was not required:

… [T]he court erred in believing that CPL article 182 restricted its authority to use video conferencing to effectuate a defendant's right to be present at trial. “Although the Legislature has primary authority to regulate court procedure, the Constitution permits the courts latitude to adopt procedures consistent with general practice as provided by statute,” and “[b]y enacting Judiciary Law § 2-b(3), the Legislature has explicitly authorized the courts' use of innovative procedures where necessary to carry into effect the powers and jurisdiction possessed by [the court]” * * *

… [W]e conclude that where the court essentially accepted defendant's claims of extreme pain and physical distress, where the alternative of electronic appearance was actually available based on the court's own efforts, where it was not employed only because the court wrongly believed that it lacked the required discretion … , and where the accommodations actually offered by the court were far less efficacious, the court, despite the best intentions, failed to reasonably accommodate defendant's medical concerns … . In these circumstances, defendant's waiver of the right to be present was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent … . People v Krieg, 2016 NY Slip Op 04134, 1st Dept 5-31-16

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