Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel at the time of sentencing is without merit. The defendant failed "to demonstrate the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations" for defense counsel's alleged shortcomings at the sentencing proceeding (People v Rivera,
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