Because defendant never moved to withdraw his plea or to vacate the judgment, his claim that his plea was involuntary is unpreserved for appellate review. Even if we were to construe defendant's statements at the time of sentence to be an application to withdraw his plea, we would conclude that such application was properly denied, because the plea was entered knowingly and voluntarily.
Defendant's claims of coercion and ineffective assistance of
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