People v. Robles

—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bonnie Wittner, J.), rendered April 16, 1991, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him to 4 Vi to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s contention that he was deprived of his right to be present at a material stage of the proceedings by virtue of the absence of an interpreter at the Sandoval hearing is unpreserved. A defendant has a right to be present at all material stages of a criminal proceeding, including a Sandoval hearing, "except in circumstances where the…