Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
We reject the contention of defendant that County Court erred in accepting his guilty plea without a factual allocution. Because "defendant pleaded guilty to a lesser crime than the one charged in the indictment, a factual basis for the plea was unnecessary" (People v Moore,
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