People v. Delacruz

272 A.D.2d 84, 714 N.Y.S.2d 668, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 4937

Opinion

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Budd Goodman, J.), rendered October 22, 1998, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree and bail jumping in the first degree, and sentencing him to consecutive terms of 1 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

The record establishes that defendant effectively waived his right to be present at sidebar conferences during jury selection (see, People v Diaz, 246 AD2d 397, 398, lv denied 92 NY2d ). Defendant’s argument concerning the court’s charge is unpreserved and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. Concur — Rubin, J. P., Andrias, Saxe, Buckley and Friedman, JJ.