The court properly exercised its discretion in admitting testimony that revealed defendant's parole status. Defendant's sudden and unexplained cessation of reporting to his parole officer, immediately following the instant crime, was part of a pattern of behavior showing consciousness of guilt, thereby providing circumstantial corroborating evidence of identity (see, People v Ventimiglia,
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