Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
County Court did not err in conducting the first day of defendant's trial in defendant's absence. On two occasions the court advised defendant of the scheduled trial date and warned him that the trial would proceed in his absence if he failed to appear. Defendant's nonappearance at the first day of trial, therefore, constituted a waiver of the right to be present (see, People v Parker,
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