People v. Abreu

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Ira Globerman, J.), rendered January 5, 1999, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree (three counts) and burglary in the first degree, and sentencing him, as a second violent felony offender, to three concurrent terms of 25 years on the robbery convictions consecutive to a term of 10 years on the burglary conviction, unanimously affirmed.

The record establishes that defendant voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently waived his right to be present at sidebar conferences with prospective jurors (see, People v Vargas, 88 NY2d…