Defendant's guilty plea was voluntary, and he received effective assistance of counsel. The record supports the motion court's detailed findings, in which it concluded that, under the totality of circumstances, the incorrect information counsel provided to defendant, at an early stage of the proceedings, concerning the theoretical outer limit of his sentencing exposure had no effect on his ultimate decision to plead guilty (see People v Garcia,
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