Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was deprived of his right to be present at all material stages of the trial when the Supreme Court conducted a conference call with his arraignment attorney outside of his presence, for the purpose of ruling on the People's application to use that attorney's statements against the defendant at trial as adoptive admissions (see People v Cassas,
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