Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Having given a waiver which he now maintains was coerced, and hence, ineffectual, the defendant contends that he was denied his statutory right to be present during sidebar discussions with prospective jurors exploring possible bias (CPL 260.20; see also, People v Sprowal,
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