Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
The defendant's conviction must be reversed and a new trial ordered because the trial court permitted the alternate jurors to dine with the 12 regular jurors after deliberations had commenced, in violation of CPL 270.30 and 310.10 (see, People v Santana,
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