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DEFENDANT MAY WAIVE RIGHT TO BE PRESENT FOR SENTENCING ON A FELONY.

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Pigott, determined a defendant may waive his right to be present for sentencing on a felony:

Defendant contends that County Court violated CPL 380.40 (1) by permitting him to waive his presence for sentencing and in pronouncing judgment in his absence. We disagree. CPL 380.40 provides, with limited exceptions, that the “defendant must be personally present at the time sentence is pronounced” (CPL 380.40 [1]). In situations where the sentence is to be pronounced for a misdemeanor or petty offense, a defendant may move to dispense with the personal presence requirement, and, with the court's permission, may be sentenced in absentia so long as the defendant executes a waiver “reciting the maximum sentence that may be imposed for the offense and stating that the defendant waives the right to be personally present at the time sentence is pronounced” (CPL 380.40 [2]). On its face, the statute provides for no similar exception for felony defendants. * * *

We conclude … that a defendant may expressly waive his right to be present. “[W]aiver results from a knowing, voluntary and intelligent decision” … . Although CPL 380.40 protects a defendant's fundamental right to be present at sentencing … , that fundamental right may be waived just as many other fundamental rights may be similarly waived … . People v Rossborough, 2016 NY Slip Op 04250, CtApp 6-2-16

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