There is no merit to defendant's argument that he was deprived of a fair trial by the complainant's unsolicited remark during cross-examination that "defendant said he was guilty", since the remark was not the functional equivalent of informing the jury that defendant had withdrawn a guilty plea to the same charge for which he was on trial (see, People v Martinez,
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