Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that his convictions for rape in the second degree and sodomy in the second degree violated due process because he could not assert as a defense that he did not know that the complainant was less than 14 years old. However, the defendant failed to preserve this contention for appellate review (see, People v Iannelli,
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