On the existing record, which defendant has not sought to amplify by way of a CPL 440.10 motion, we conclude that defendant received effective assistance of counsel. Counsel's failure to move for a severance of the counts of the indictment upon which defendant proceeded to trial did not constitute ineffective assistance. Since these robberies involved a sufficiently unique modus operandi (see, People v Beam,
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