Any error in declining defendant's request for a consciousness of guilt charge does not warrant reversal, since the court's charge as a whole gave the jury appropriate guidance and because any consciousness of guilt evidence was a minor component of the People's case in light of the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt (see e.g. People v Valtin,
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