It is urged herein that the refusal of the court to allow the defendant's attorney to open to the jury at the close of the People's case constituted reversible error. The trial court's ruling that the order prescribed by the Legislature should be followed did not constitute reversible error, absent a showing of a compelling reason for a variation (CPL 260.30; People v Seiler, 246 N.Y. 262; People v Winchell,
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