The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's motion, made pursuant to CPL 200.20 (3), for a severance of counts relating to offenses that had been properly joined as "the same or similar in law" (CPL 200.20 [2] [c]). The evidence as to the two incidents was capable of being easily segregated by the jury (see People v Streitferdt,
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