People v. Dockery

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Douglass, J.), rendered September 16, 1991, convicting him of assault in the first degree (two counts), robbery in the first degree (two counts), and robbery in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*478Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that a new trial is warranted because he was not personally present during the trial court’s sidebar interview with a prospective juror is without merit. This argument is based on the rule of law announced by the Court of Appeals in…