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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Gallagher finds the trial court properly denied defendant's motion for a mistrial when a witness testified after being present in the courtroom for the testimony of other witnesses during defendant's trial on robbery and grand theft charges. Although the witness based part of her identification of defendant on previous witness testimony, the court did not allow the prosecution to redirect and issued a corrective instruction to the jury before its deliberations, which prevented any prejudicial effect. Meanwhile, the failure by defense counsel to request a separation of witnesses at the outset of the trial did not constitute ineffective assistance because numerous witnesses made identifications of defendant and there is no indication the outcome of the trial would have been different with a separation request. Affirmed.