Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
The trial court properly denied defendant's motion for a severance because the offenses for which he was tried were joinable pursuant to CPL 200.20 (2) (b) and (c). Defendant's identity was in issue and his modus operandi was sufficiently unique to make evidence of one attack probative of the others (see, People v Beam,
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