The record refutes defendant's assertion that the court failed to consider mitigating factors in exercising its sentencing discretion on defendant's open plea (taken without a sentence promise). Defendant's remaining contentions regarding sentencing procedure are unpreserved, and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we reject them on the merits (see e.g. People v Marcano,
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