People v. Thompson

—Appeal by the *667defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Smith, J.), rendered February 28, 1997, convicting him of robbery in the first degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree (two counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contention, he was not deprived of his right to be present during voir dire questioning of a prospective juror who was later peremptorily challenged by the defense counsel. Although the defendant claims that he was absent during a sidebar conference at which the…