Defendant claims that, at the time of the plea allocution, the court was obligated to ask defendant if he understood he was giving up any psychiatric defense. Initially we note that defendant has not moved to withdraw his guilty plea. Moreover, this case does not come within the narrow exception to the preservation requirement (see People v Lopez,
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