OPINION OF THE COURT
MEMORANDUM.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the case remitted to that Court for consideration of the facts (see CPL 470.25 [2] [d]; 470.40 [2] [b]).
"Before proceeding in defendant's absence, the court should... ma[ke] inquiry and recite[] on the record the facts and reasons it relied upon in determining that defendant's absence was deliberate...
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