Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 19, 2002 (People v. Polite)

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Carroll, J.), rendered October 18, 1999, convicting him of attempted murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s claim that his presence was required at a sidebar conference is unpreserved for appellate review (cf.