People v. Farrell

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Kuffner, J.), rendered January 4, 1991, convicting him of manslaughter in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the appeal is held in abeyance, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Richmond County, for a reconstruction hearing to determine whether the defendant was present at that portion of the Sandoval hearing conducted on October 24, 1990; the Supreme Court shall file its report with all deliberate speed.

Because the record is unclear as to whether the defendant was…