People v. Tolliver

*1008jury selection (see, People v Dockery, 253 AD2d 889, lv denied 92 NY2d 1031). The right of defendant to be present was not affected where prospective jurors were questioned in his presence and thereafter dismissed pursuant to the prosecutor’s exercise of peremptory challenges or County Court’s discharge of a prospective juror for cause (see, People v Roman, 88 NY2d 18, 28, rearg denied 88 NY2d 920). Further, defendant was not denied his right to be present where prospective jurors were questioned in his presence and defense counsel thereafter exercised peremptory challenges during sidebar…