Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant, in his factual recitation of the underlying event, did not indicate that he shot the victim in self-defense. Accordingly, the court, prior to its acceptance of the defendant's plea of guilty, was not required to question the defendant as to a potential justification defense (see, People v Lopez,
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