People v. Gilbert

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Crocker Snyder, J.), rendered September 24, 1996, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, and sentencing her to concurrent terms of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant made a valid written waiver of her right to be present at voir dire sidebars (see, People v Harrison, 248 AD2d 174, lv denied 92 NY2d 898).

Rebuttal testimony concerning defendant’s duties as a parole *289officer and her knowledge, by…