Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion by granting the prosecution's motion to consolidate for a single trial two indictments charging three unrelated crimes (see, CPL 200.20 [2], [4], [5]). We find, however, that the trial court properly weighed the public interest in avoiding duplicative, lengthy and expensive trials against the defendant's interest in being protected from an unfair advantage...
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