Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was not deprived of his right to be present at trial by his exclusion from an informal conference with respect to the waiver by a witness of his privilege against self-incrimination. The conference from which the defendant was excluded was an ancillary proceeding dealing only with the rights of the witness. The defendant had no right to be present at such a proceeding (see People v. Harris,
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