People v. Warren

—Judgment, *166Supreme Court, New York County (Micki Scherer, J.), rendered January 29, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of attempted robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 10 years, unanimously affirmed.

The record is clear that when the court excused a venireperson on the ground of her apparent acquaintance with a prospective witness, the court did so for cause (see, CPL 270.20 [1] [c]). Therefore, defendant’s exclusion from the sidebar conference in question did not constitute reversible error (see, People v Maher, 89 NY2d 318, 325). The question of whether…