People v. Hart

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Spires, J.), rendered June 28, 2000, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that his right to be present at all material stages of the trial was violated when the Trial Judge, in a sidebar conference conducted outside the presence of the defendant but placed on the record, entertained the concerns of…