Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.
Judgment unanimously reversed on the law and new trial granted.
Memorandum:
Reversal is required because defendant's absence from the in-chambers Sandoval hearing deprived him of his constitutional right to be present during all material stages of the trial (see, People v Dokes,
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