Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Initially, we find no merit to the defendant's argument, raised in his supplemental brief, that it was error to remit this matter for a reconstruction hearing to determine whether the defense counsel consented to the use of certain parenthetical phrases in the verdict sheet. The hearing was necessary under the circumstances of this case (see, e.g., People v Odiat,
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