People v. Davis

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Leif, J.), rendered September 18, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 5 to 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his right to be present at sidebar conferences during voir dire. The court memorialized on the record the fact that defendant had already been advised of his right to be present and waived that right in an unrecorded colloquy.

We find that…