People v. Johnson

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Frank Torres, J.), rendered March 28, 1991, convicting defendant, after jury trial, of robbery in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to concurrent terms of 15 years to life and 1 year, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s contention that he was denied his right to be present during a material stage of the proceedings when the court conducted an in camera interview of a deliberating juror who sought to be excused due to illness, and dismissed the…