Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The hearing court properly denied the defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment for failure to provide a speedy trial. The People were entitled to rely on their general policy not to indict fugitive defendants and the period of the defendant's absence was properly excluded from the six-month period contained in CPL 30.30 (see, People v Leone,
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