Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find that the further prosecution of the defendant was not barred by double jeopardy since there was a manifest necessity for a sua sponte declaration of a mistrial at the defendant's first trial. Under the circumstances, the court properly declared a mistrial upon ascertaining that the defense counsel had been suspended from the practice of law (see, People v Ferguson,
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