Defendant concedes that he failed to preserve for appellate review his claim of legal insufficiency, and we decline to reach it in the interest of justice.
The People concede that defendant's prior, out-of-state conviction could not properly be relied upon as a predicate for his sentencing as a second felony offender. Notwithstanding defendant's failure to preserve the issue (see People v Samms,
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