Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was denied his right to be present when the trial court held an in camera hearing, outside his presence, regarding the prosecutor's request for an adjournment in order to locate two prospective witnesses. We disagree.
A defendant's constitutional right to be present arises "whenever [defendant's] presence has a relation, reasonably substantial, to the fulness of [the] opportunity to defend...
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