The court properly exercised its discretion in denying defendant's mistrial motion following a single reference, in an unanswered question by the prosecutor, to defendant being visited at "Rikers" by a defense witness. The court provided a sufficient remedy when it struck the reference from the record and instructed the jury to disregard it (see e.g. People v Dewitt,
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