People v. Ortega
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Clabby, J.), rendered March 3, 1994, convicting him of sodomy in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, and endangering the welfare of a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, his right to the presumption of innocence was not violated because court officers accompanied him to side-bar conferences with prospective jurors during jury selection. Having court officers accompany a defendant to side-bar discussions is an…
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