The record indicates that at the time of sentencing, the court failed to comply with the mandatory provisions of CPL 380.50 in not affording defendant the right to make a statement personally in his behalf and in not inquiring of defendant whether he wished to make such a statement. Failure to comply with CPL 380.50 constituted error requiring that defendant be remanded for resentence. (See People v. Lotz,
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