People v. Quintana

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee A. White, J.), rendered March 19, 2007, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first and second degrees and criminal impersonation in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 12 years, unanimously affirmed.

The court did not deprive defendant of his right to be present at all material stages of his trial (see People v Antommarchi, 80 NY2d 247, 250 [1992]) when it excluded him from sidebar conferences at which counsel exercised peremptory challenges (see e.g. People v Green, 54…