Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the trial court did not violate his right to be present at all material stages of the trial (see CPL 260.20). The trial court's in camera questioning of an alternate juror was a "ministerial communication" that "was wholly unrelated to the substantive legal or factual issues of the trial" (People v Harris,
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