People v. People

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Finnegan, J.), rendered April 11, 1994, convicting him of rape in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, and criminal use of a firearm in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant signed a written document stating that he *733waived his right to be present at sidebar discussions with prospective jurors, that he had a full opportunity to discuss this matter with his attorney and that he had signed the waiver "in open court, in the presence…