Ordered that the judgment is modified, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, by reducing the term of imprisonment for rape in the first degree from 12 years to 8 years; as so modified, the judgment is affirmed.
To the extent that the defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel involve matter dehors the record, they may not be reviewed on direct appeal (see People v Elliott,
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