People v. Gee

Appeal from a judgment of the Monroe County Court (Richard A. Keenan, J.), rendered February 9, 2006. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of robbery 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 of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [4]), defendant contends that he did not validly waive his right to be present at the hearing on the issue whether the victim had an independent basis for his identification of defendant. We reject that contention. The record…