Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant was convicted of manslaughter after a nonjury trial at which he testified. A Sandoval hearing was held in chambers in defendant's absence and the court's ruling that defendant could be cross-examined on a disorderly conduct conviction was put on the record before he testified. There was no objection to that procedure. We find that defendant's presence at the Sandoval hearing would have been...
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