Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.
Ordered that the judgment is reversed, on the law, and as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, and a new trial is ordered.
A defendant has the right to be present at all material stages of the trial, including, inter alia, any nonministerial supplemental communications to a jury (see, People v Bonaparte,
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