People v. Lee

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Alfred Kleiman, J.), rendered September 22, 1989, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate prison term of from lVi to 4Vi years, unanimously affirmed.

The trial court did not violate defendant’s right to be present during all material stages of trial (see, People v Mahmedi, 69 NY2d 759), where the only matter conducted during defendant’s absence from the early stages of a Sandoval hearing was a colloquy at which the court informed itself of defendant’s undisputed criminal record…