The court properly denied defendant's motion to discharge a juror who had inadvertently encountered him in the hallway outside the courtroom as he was being escorted by two court officers. After conducting a thorough inquiry, the court properly determined, based upon the juror's demeanor and her responses to the questions posed, that the incident had no effect on her impartiality (see People v Rodriguez,
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