People v. Harrison

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Ronald Zweibel, J.), entered December 5, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree and grand larceny in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a persistent violent felony offender, to concurrent terms of 25 years to life and 7V2 to 15 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s right to be present (People v Antommarchi, 80 NY2d 247) at a particular sidebar was not violated. Defendant issued an unqualified knowing and voluntary waiver of his right to be present during the sidebar questioning of…