The sentencing court properly rejected defendant's constitutional challenge to his status as a second violent felony offender. Defendant did not prove that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in connection with his prior felony conviction upon a guilty plea on grounds prior counsel failed to request that sentencing court grant defendant youthful offender status, where defendant's prison plea was to a lesser charge of that indictment and he received a "`lenient and...
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