On this appeal, the only issue raised by defendant concerns the question of whether he received effective assistance of counsel due to the joint representation by his attorney of both defendant and defendant's brother, Carlos Peralta, Jr., at their joint trial. However, this court recently dealt with this same issue when the appeal by defendant's brother was before us (see, People v Peralta,
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