Opinion
February 26, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Patterson, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was convicted, inter alia, of robbery in the first degree and robbery in the second degree after he and a codefendant, Mark Morgan, committed an armed robbery in a grocery store in Brooklyn (see, People v. Morgan, 224 A.D.2d 720 [decided herewith]). We affirm the defendant's conviction.
The defendant contends that error was committed when his attorney was absent from a sidebar discussion between the court and a prospective juror, Beverly Samuels, after which Samuels was excused. However, the record is insufficient to afford meaningful appellate review of this issue (see, People v. Morgan, 224 A.D.2d 720, supra [decided herewith]; People v. Jupiter, 210 A.D.2d 431; People v. Neal, 205 A.D.2d 711).
The defendant was not improperly denied his right to a free transcript of the suppression hearing minutes (cf., Matter of Eric W., 68 N.Y.2d 633).
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Rosenblatt, J.P., Ritter, Joy and Krausman, JJ., concur.