The record contradicts defendant's assertion that the court failed to exercise its discretion in fixing a term of postrelease supervision. Such supervision was automatically included in defendant's sentence (Penal Law § 70.45 [1]), and the statutory period of supervision on a class C violent felony conviction is automatically five years (Penal Law § 70.45 [2]) unless the court specifies a shorter period (see People v Hollenbach,
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