Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant's contention that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel is without merit. When reviewing a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, care should be taken to "avoid both confusing true ineffectiveness with mere losing tactics and according undue significance to retrospective analysis" (People v Baldi,
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