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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Melvin Johnson, Appellant.
    [616 NYS2d 309]
   Case held, decision reserved and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: The record does not indicate whether defendant was present at the Sandoval hearing. A reconstruction hearing is therefore necessary (see, People v Odiat, 82 NY2d 872; People v Mitchell, 189 AD2d 337; see also, People v Brown, 199 AD2d 963). (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Erie County, Doyle, J.—Manslaughter, 1st Degree.) Present—Denman, P. J., Fallon, Wesley, Doerr and Boehm, JJ.