Evidence bearing on defendant's consciousness of guilt was properly admitted. In light of defendant's attempt to discredit the testimony of a rebuttal witness that lent support to strong eyewitness testimony disproving the justification defense, evidence of an attempt by defendant to coerce that rebuttal witness was admissible as particularly relevant to the issue of justification (People v Leyra,
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