FERGUSON, Judge.
We are not persuaded that the security measure of excluding a defendant from the bench conference where peremptory challenges are exercised outside the jury's hearing, after he and counsel have had an opportunity to confer as to how each challenge will be exercised, deprives the defendant of participation at a critical stage of the trial proceedings. Cf. Francis v. State,
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