Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and a new trial is ordered.
The defendant, who was jointly tried with the codefendant Vernon Ricks, correctly argues that his absence from sidebar conferences at which prospective jurors were questioned regarding pretrial publicity the case had received mandates reversal under the dictates of People v Sloan (
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