Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in proceeding with the summations in the defendant's absence. The record reveals that after the People moved the case to trial on October 16, 1990, the court advised the defendant of his right to be present at trial, as well as of the consequences of failing to appear for trial (see, People v Parker,
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