Ordered that the judgment, as amended, is affirmed.
The defendant was charged with murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree in connection with a stabbing incident in Brooklyn. Prior to trial, the Supreme Court warned the defendant, orally and in writing, that if he deliberately absented himself from the courtroom during the course of the trial, he would forfeit the right "[t]o be present at [his] trial, which [could] start and/or continue in [his...
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