People v. Myers

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Grújales, J.), rendered February 8, 1993, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (three counts), attempted robbery in the first degree, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

*596There is no merit to the defendant’s contention that his right to be present during all pertinent parts of the trial was violated when the jury was polled in his absence (see, CPL 260.20). The defendant was forcibly removed…