Defendant claims that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance when she requested an intoxication charge in an unrecorded colloquy, but abandoned the issue when the court did not deliver such a charge. Regardless of whether counsel should have followed up on her request, defendant has not established prejudice under either the state or federal standards (see People v Benevento,
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