We note preliminarily that we find no error in the court's Sandoval ruling or in defendant's sentence as a persistent felony offender. Nor was it error, when defendant declined to waive his right to be present at bench conferences during jury selection, for the court to decide to hold no bench conferences on issues requiring defendant's presence and instead to conduct such inquiries in open court (see, People v Vargas,
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