People v. Stokes

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Fred Eggert, J.), rendered September 15, 1993, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of assault in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to a term of SVz to 7 years, unanimously affirmed.

The record supports defendant’s contention that he was not present when certain venirepersons were questioned at sidebar regarding their ability to be fair and impartial. However, as none of the individuals in question served on the jury, any loss of opportunity by defendant to assess the verbal and subliminal responses of the…