Justice LaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.
Defendant Frank Dellisanti was not in the courtroom when, during the jury's deliberations, the trial court responded to two questions posed by the jury and when the jury returned its verdict. The record provided limited insight into what had transpired leading up to defendant's absence during those final events of his trial. Unfortunately, that led the Appellate Division and this Court, initially, to perceive that...
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