Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. The facts have been considered and are determined to have been established.
The defendant contends that his conviction should be reversed since he was not present at the Sandoval hearing. We agree. The defendant's presence at the Sandoval hearing would not have been merely "superfluous" because the Sandoval ruling was not "wholly favorable" to him (see, People...
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