People v. Flowers

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Kenneth F. Case, J.), rendered June 13, 2012. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of sexual abuse in the first degree.

It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.

Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon a jury verdict of sexual abuse in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.65 [3]), defendant contends that he was denied his right to be present during a material stage of the trial. We reject that contention. “Defendant concedes that the pretrial conference [was] held to discuss…