Defendant pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in the second degree on August 11, 1982 and the People filed a predicate felony statement asserting a 1971 conviction for attempted robbery in the third degree. Defendant controverted this statement and the court below, in a written decision, refused to credit the 1971 judgment, finding the plea allocution to be constitutionally defective within the strictures set forth in Boykin v Alabama (
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