context: 180 We further find Appellant was not denied the right to counsel, nor was he denied the right to be present during a "critical stage" of the proceedings.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 464 U.S. 114, 118
citation_a.parenthetical: where the Court found an unrecorded ex parte communication between trial judge and juror could be harmless error, stating: "There is scarcely a lengthy trial in which one or more jurors do not have occasion to speak to the trial judge about something, whether it relates to a matter of personal comfort or to some aspect of the trial." 
citation_a.sentence: See Stemple v. State, 2000 OK CR 4, ¶ 15, 994 P.2d 61, 66 (finding no error in a defendant's absence during in camera hearing with spectator who had spoken with a juror); see also Rushen v. Spain, 464 U.S. 114, 118, 104 S.Ct. 453, 455-56, 78 L.Ed.2d 267 (1983) (where the Court found an unrecorded ex parte communication between trial judge and juror could be harmless error, stating: "There is scarcely a lengthy trial in which one or more jurors do not have occasion to speak to the trial judge about something, whether it relates to a matter of personal comfort or to some aspect of the trial." )
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 2000 OK CR 4, ¶ 15
citation_b.parenthetical: finding no error in a defendant's absence during in camera hearing with spectator who had spoken with a juror
citation_b.sentence: See Stemple v. State, 2000 OK CR 4, ¶ 15, 994 P.2d 61, 66 (finding no error in a defendant's absence during in camera hearing with spectator who had spoken with a juror); see also Rushen v. Spain, 464 U.S. 114, 118, 104 S.Ct. 453, 455-56, 78 L.Ed.2d 267 (1983) (where the Court found an unrecorded ex parte communication between trial judge and juror could be harmless error, stating: "There is scarcely a lengthy trial in which one or more jurors do not have occasion to speak to the trial judge about something, whether it relates to a matter of personal comfort or to some aspect of the trial." )