Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On December 13, 1986, the defendant fatally wounded the victim with gunfire from an Uzi semiautomatic pistol. At the trial, the defendant voluntarily absented himself during the presentation of the People's case, precluding the People from eliciting an in-court identification from two eyewitnesses, both of whom had previously identified the defendant as the gunman at a pretrial hearing.
The defendant's contention —...
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