The court properly granted the People's motion for a mistrial where defense counsel's opening statement in the first attempt to try this case blatantly and prejudicially violated the rape shield law (CPL 60.42). There was no colorable theory under which the victim's sexual history would be relevant in this case (see, People v Williams,
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