CHIEF JUSTICE BILANDIC, dissenting: I agree that it is error for a trial judge to leave the bench during a felony trial without first calling a recess. I cannot agree, however, with the majority’s adoption of a rule which makes such an error per se reversible. In my view, reversal in this situation should be predicated on whether t…
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