Defendant's severance motion was properly denied. The counts relating to the two incidents, both involving theft, were properly joined pursuant to CPL 200.20 (2) (b) based on mutually admissible evidence to demonstrate identity, which was neither expressly conceded nor "clearly established" (see People v Condon,
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