Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
The court properly tried defendant in absentia. In order to effect a voluntary, knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to be present at trial, "the defendant must, at a minimum, be informed in some manner of the nature of the right to be present at trial and the consequences of failing to appear for trial * * *. This, of course, in turn requires that defendant simply be aware that trial will proceed even though...
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