The court properly sentenced defendant in his absence. The record establishes that defendant, who was in the court pens, deliberately refused to be produced in the courtroom for his scheduled sentencing. Accordingly, defendant waived and/or forfeited his right to be present, regardless of whether he had been warned that sentencing would proceed in his absence (see People v Sanchez,
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