It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty of rape in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.35 [3]), defendant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. To the extent that defendant's contention survives his guilty plea (see People v Bethune,
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