PEOPLE v. SANTIAGO

Ordered that the sentence is affirmed.

Despite extensive admonitions that he would be sentenced to a maximum allowable term of incarceration should he fail to appear for sentencing, the defendant did not appear as directed. Inasmuch as he was warned and has failed to offer any excuses for his absence, even in his appellate brief (see, People v Stevens, 159 A.D.2d 662), the imposition of sentence in absentia was not improper (see, People v Scott, 188 A.D.2d 1091; People v Harris, 169 A.D.2d 733, affd 79 N.Y.2d 909). Nor is the sentence excessive under the circumstances of this case (see, People v Harris, supra; People v Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80). Mangano, P.J., Bracken, Lawrence, Miller and Pizzuto, JJ., concur.