People v. Mack

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Joy, J.), rendered August 11, 1992, convicting him of murder in the second degree (two counts), attempted robbery in the first degree (two counts), attempted robbery in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.

The defendant, who was jointly tried with the codefendant Vernon Ricks, correctly argues that his absence from sidebar conferences at which prospective…