Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
During their case-in-chief, the People elicited testimony from the arresting officer that at the time of his arrest the defendant was found hiding in a closet of his aunt's apartment. The evidence of the defendant's effort to shield himself from discovery was properly admitted as some indication of a consciousness of guilt (see, People v Limage,
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