OPINION OF THE COURT Wachtler, J. In order to defeat a motion by the People to consolidate two indictments made on the ground that proof of one offense would be material and admissible upon a trial of the second offense (CPL 200.20, subd 2, par [b]; subd 4), a defendant claiming that he wishes to testify as to the first allegedly criminal transaction but not as to the second must make a convincing showing that…
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