Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Under the circumstances of this case, the trial court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant's request for an adjournment made on the eve of trial. The defendant failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that the requested adjournment was necessitated by forces beyond his control and was not a dilatory tactic (see People v Brown,
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