Defendant raises an ineffective assistance of counsel claim based upon the failure of defense counsel to seek submission of second-degree manslaughter to the jury as a lesser included offense of second-degree murder. On the existing record, we find that defendant has failed to demonstrate "the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations" (People v Rivera,
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