When the existence of an unrelated lawsuit against one of the police witnesses came to light during trial, the court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's request for a midtrial adjournment of unspecified length for the purpose of obtaining additional information relating to the lawsuit and its underlying facts (see e.g. People v Dunnell,
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