Defendant was not deprived of his right to conflict-free counsel when his attorney represented a codefendant at a joint guilty plea proceeding, in the temporary absence of the codefendant's own attorney. Defendant has not established that any conflict of interest operated to his detriment or bore a substantial relation to the conduct of the defense (see People v Recupero,
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