People v. Murreld

—Appeal by the defendant (1) from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rappaport, J.), rendered March 1, 1994, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence, and (2) by permission, from an order of the same court, dated October 7, 1994, which denied the defendant’s pro se motion to set aside his sentence pursuant to CPL 440.20.

Ordered that the judgment and the order are affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court’s pretrial ruling that the jury would be excused for all sidebar discussions so that the…