On the existing record, defendant, who has not brought a motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to expand the record to permit trial counsel to explain his tactics, has failed to show "the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations" for the various aspects of counsel's conduct challenged on appeal (People v Rivera,
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