Defendant's right to be present at his trial was not violated. Though neither he nor his attorney were present when the court held a discussion with counsel for the sole eyewitness and the prosecutor, following the eyewitness's second day of testimony, that discussion was not a part of the trial. While, plainly, the eyewitness's credibility at the trial was an overriding consideration for conducting the conference, the eyewitness's credibility was not tested at the conference...
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