Defendant's motion for a mistrial was properly denied. When the People elicited a statement made by defendant to the complainant, notwithstanding the People's previous disclaimer, in their response to a discovery demand, of the existence of such statements, this turn of events did not require any type of remedy (see, CPL 240.70 [1]), because statements to a civilian witness are nondiscoverable (CPL 240.20 [1] [a]) and because defense strategy was totally unaffected...
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