Ordered that the judgments are affirmed.
On this appeal, the defendant claims that his pleas of guilty should not have been accepted because during his allocution, he revealed a potential affirmative defense to the crimes of robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [4]), and the court thereafter failed to conduct a "`further inquiry * * * to determine whether * * * [he] was aware of the significance of his statement (see, People v Serrano,
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