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2015 MOTION TO REINSTATE THE APPEAL OF A 1986 CONVICTION DENIED (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department determined defendant's appeal should be dismissed because more than 30 had passed between his conviction and the motion to reinstate the appeal. The defendant had absconded from his 1986 trial and then served a long sentence in North Carolina:

In 1984 defendant absconded during trial, and was tried and convicted in absentia. His attorney filed a notice of appeal, but defendant did nothing to perfect his appeal, which was dismissed in 1998, on the People's motion, for failure to prosecute.

Meanwhile, in 1986, defendant was convicted of serious charges in North Carolina, and he served a lengthy sentence there. Commencing in 2003, nearly 20 years after his conviction, when the New York Department of Correctional Services lodged a detainer in North Carolina based on the instant conviction, defendant filed various pro se motions in connection with his New York conviction. However, defendant did not move to reinstate his appeal until 2015, more than 30 years after his conviction. …

The People seek to dismiss defendant's appeal based on the “failure of timely prosecution or perfection thereof” pursuant to CPL 470.60(1). Where an absconding defendant's appeal remains pending for a long time, whether the appeal should be ultimately be permitted to proceed is “subject to the broad discretion of the Appellate Division” … . In exercising its discretion, this Court may consider factors including whether defendant's flight caused “a significant interference with the operation of [the] appellate process”; whether defendant's absence “so delayed the administration of justice that the People would be prejudiced in locating witnesses and presenting evidence at any retrial should the defendant be successful on appeal”; the length of the defendant's absence; whether the defendant “voluntarily surrendered”; and the merits of the appeal … . People v Williams, 2018 NY Slip Op 06182, First Dept 9-25-18

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September 25, 2018
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