BARKDULL, Judge.
Appellant Garcia was charged with one count of first degree murder and the jury returned a verdict of guilty of second degree murder with a firearm. Garcia appeals his conviction and sentence contending that the failure of the trial court to personally inquire whether he waived his presence at a bench conference, during which strikes and challenges to the jury were made, was reversible error. The defendant relies on Coney v. State,
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