People v. Allah

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), rendered May 16, 1988, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (five counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree (one count), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

*491Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We disagree with the defendant’s contention that the defense counsel’s absence from the deliberations phase of the defendant’s trial through the verdict, deprived him of his fundamental right to the effective assistance of counsel. The record reveals that on Thursday, April…