Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's right to be present at all material stages of the proceedings against him was not violated when, on the morning of the jury's final day of deliberations, the trial court called the jury into the courtroom and, in the defendant's absence, instructed it to resume its deliberations (see, People v Smith,
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