People v. Pujols

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Joan C. Sudolnik, J.), rendered May 7, 1990, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of attempted murder in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 12 Vi to 25 years, and order of the same court dated January 27, 1992, denying defendant’s motion to vacate the judgment pursuant to CPL 440.10, unanimously affirmed.

Contrary to defendant’s argument, raised for the first time on appeal, his physical presence was not required at the brief sidebar questioning of a sitting juror (who had a known adenoid problem and…