People v. Lovett

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (John A.K. Bradley, J.), rendered June 5, 1991, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life imprisonment, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s right to be present at his trial was not violated. Though neither he nor his attorney were present when the court held a discussion with counsel for the sole eyewitness and the prosecutor, following the eyewitness’s second day of testimony, that discussion was not a part of the trial. While, plainly, the eyewitness’s credibility at the…