The issue presented in this case is whether defendant was properly tried in absentia when, having received actual notice that his trial was to begin the following day but not having been informed of the consequences of his failure to appear, he voluntarily failed to appear for the trial. We conclude, as the District Attorney candidly concedes in the People's brief, that defendant was improperly tried in absentia (People v Trendell,
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