Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial by the presence of two deputies seated behind him in the courtroom during readback of testimony and portions of the trial court's charge to the jury. When courtroom security measures are challenged as inherently prejudicial, the question arises whether the security measures presented a risk that the jury's deliberations were infected. We find no such risk of infection...
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