OPINION
CANTIL-SAKAUYE, C. J.—
A criminal defendant has a constitutional right to be present at trial. Yet, once trial has commenced in the defendant's presence in a noncapital felony case, the trial court may continue the trial in the defendant's absence under Penal Code section 1043, subdivision (b)(2) (hereafter section 1043...
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