Ordered that the order is affirmed.
The defendant contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel when his attorney represented both him and a codefendant during the pretrial phase of this action. However, since any possible conflict of interest was apparent in the record, this issue could have been raised upon the defendant's direct appeal from the judgment of conviction (see, CPL 440.10 [2] [c]; People v Skinner,
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