People v. Ward

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Flug, J.), rendered September 16, 1992, convicting her of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

*509The defendant contends that she was denied the right to be present at a material stage of her trial when, in her absence, the court conducted a sidebar discussion with a prospective juror concerning his familiarity with a particular area of Queens where he lived and where it is claimed the crime…