Defendant pleaded guilty to a proper lesser included offense as defined by statute (see CPL 220.20 [1] [i]). The statute clearly states that, for plea purposes, lesser included offenses include not only those defined in CPL 1.20 (37), but also those defined in the various provisions of CPL 220.20. In any event, there was no jurisdictional defect, because there was no violation of defendant's right to be prosecuted by indictment (see People v Keizer,
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