At the suppression hearing, Justice Rothwax, in his discretion, properly denied defendant's motion for severance of the counts in the indictment upon the prosecution's showing that the four separate offenses involved a unique modus operandi, thereby making the evidence of each of the four crimes "material and admissible" as to the identity issue in the other crimes charged (CPL 200.20 [2] [b]; People v Beam,
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