Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant moved to withdraw his plea of guilty on the basis that prior to entering his plea, his attorney incorrectly advised him about the possible immigration consequences of pleading guilty, which deprived him of the effective assistance of counsel and rendered his plea involuntary. After affording the defendant a sufficient opportunity to present his arguments for withdrawal (see People v Baret,
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