It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
Defendant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because defense counsel prevented defendant from exercising his right to testify at trial. That contention, however, rests primarily on matters outside the record and thus is not properly raised on direct appeal (see People v Bennett,
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