Defendant was properly sentenced as a second felony offender. His failure of recollection at sentencing was not a clearly articulated challenge to the allegation that he had been previously convicted of the prior felony and, since uncontradicted allegations in a predicate felony statement are deemed true, defendant's claim of error on appeal has not been preserved (CPL 400.21 [3]; People v Bell,
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