People v. Finley

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feldman, J.), rendered April 20, 1995, convicting him of robbery in the first degree (four counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

In open court, after an unrecorded bench conference with counsel for the People and the defendant, the trial court excused the sworn jurors for the day. Counsel for both sides then proceeded with colloquy in open court on other matters, *623with defense counsel objecting to proposed limitations upon his opening statement. Shortly thereafter,…