People v. Baum

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Jonas, J.), rendered December 8, 1992, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The County Court properly determined that the People were ready for trial within six months of the filing of the felony complaint (see, CPL 1.20 [17]; 30.30 [1] [a]; [4] [b], [f], [g]).

The defendant’s presence at the Ventimiglia conference would have been superfluous because the outcome was wholly…