Judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The petition challenged the prosecutor's waiver of an opening statement in petitioner's nonjury trial and the constitutionality of CPL 320.20 (3) (a) insofar as that statute permits such a waiver. These challenges had been made on the direct appeal from petitioner's conviction, and were considered and rejected by this court (People v Jones,
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