Where a testifying witness gave unexpected and damaging responses, the prosecutor was properly permitted to confer with him privately since the court employed safeguards which "allowed the People a chance to rehabilitate their case to some extent, yet fully protected both defendant's right to cross-examination and the jury's authority to make informed determinations as to facts and credibility" (People v Branch,
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